Private AI on Private Clouds: Why 15% of Enterprises Are Pulling Back from Public Cloud
Private AI is accelerating as 93% of enterprises repatriate or evaluate moving AI workloads from public cloud. Forrester predicts 15% will shift to private AI in 2026. IDC forecasts 40% will adopt private clouds for AI by 2028. Data sovereignty, cost unpredictability, and performance drive adoption. 25%+ of cloud spend is waste ($180B annually). Neoclouds will capture $20B revenue. Private AI does not mean cloud exit — it means workload-first placement justified by cost, compliance, and performance.