AI Adoption Overwhelms Campus and Branch Networks
The increasing adoption of AI is putting immense pressure on campus and branch networks worldwide. According to a recent study by Cisco and Foundry, only 15% of organisations have networks flexible enough to support AI at the required scale.
The research, which surveyed 3,472 IT and networking decision-makers across 15 countries, found that 73% of respondents are already facing or expect to face campus and branch network capacity limitations within the next 24 months. Network traffic linked to AI workloads has increased by an average of 34% over the past year, with a further 96% increase expected over the next year.
The study also highlighted that AI is changing the type of traffic moving through enterprise environments. Some 67% of respondents reported increased east-west traffic, while 61% reported growth in continuous automated traffic generated by AI systems.