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[Read the full release »](https://sambanova.ai/press/ai-leadership-survey-exposes-readiness-gap-most-enterprises-are-unprepared-for-ai-power-demand) ![](https://sambanova.ai/hubfs/davos-header-2025011405.png) ### AI Inference Will *Drive Power Demand Growth* While 70.0% of leaders recognize the energy-intensive nature of training large language models, only 59.7% are aware of the significant power demands of inference. This gap is critical as inference workloads are set to dominate AI usage with the scaling of Agentic AI. ### *Energy Efficiency* is a Strategic Priority Only 13.0% of organizations currently monitor AI power consumption, yet 56.5% acknowledge that energy efficiency will play a crucial role in future strategic planning. The need to address rising energy demands is being driven by both cost management imperatives and operational scalability concerns. ### Scaling Agentic AI Brings *New Challenges* The roll-out of Agentic AI is amplifying power concerns for enterprises. For 20.3% of companies, rising power costs are a pressing issue. Furthermore, 37.2% are experiencing increasing stakeholder pressure to improve AI energy efficiency, with a further 42.0% expecting these demands to emerge soon. ### *Few Enterprises* Are Proactively Addressing AI’s Energy Impact Among organizations that have widely deployed AI2, 77.4% are actively seeking to reduce power usage. Popular approaches include hardware and software optimization (40.4%), adopting energy-efficient processors (39.3%), and investing in renewable energy (34.9%). 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