Equinix REIT : Why Now is the Right Time to Operationalize the Promise of AI

For some time, government agencies have been testing the waters to leverage the promise and capabilities of AI in sandbox environments. In fact, 45% of the largest 142 U.S. Federal agencies have expressly manifested interest in AI/ML by planning, piloting or implementing such techniques.^[i] If that percentage includes your agency, you may have even hired several hundred data scientists to innovate and incubate your projects, which led to promising results.

Then what's stopping you from advancing out of the testing phase and moving swiftly to operationalize your AI mission? It's not likely there's a lack of funding. As mentioned in a recent blog, 'Tapping into an AI Data Marketplace and Its Government IT Ecosystem' the Federal, nondefense AI and quantum information sciences R&D investment is practically doubling between 2020 and 2021.