Data study ·
"AI factory" trends by industry: outlook to 2028
- Publication
- Deloitte (United States)
- Authors
- Chris Thomas, Nicholas Merizzi, Matt Jacobs, Steve Hebert, Diana Kearns-Manolatos
- Published on
- 8 September 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
A Deloitte survey conducted in December 2025 shows that adoption of "AI factories", infrastructure dedicated to enterprise AI, will accelerate sharply by 2028, depending on the industry. The energy, resources and industrials industry would rise from 50% to 82% adoption, financial services from 24% to 63%, and consumer, life sciences and technology-media-telecom would approach 72 to 75%. Respondents also expect token consumption to rise, notably in tech-media-telecom and finance. Nearly 70% of organisations plan more than 30 AI pilots, which puts their infrastructure under strain. The benefits respondents expect from AI factories are innovation capacity (71%), risk management (64%) and token optimisation (59%), with different priorities by industry: regulatory compliance for finance and energy, and GPU cost control for consumer and finance.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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70 %
Share of organisations expecting to manage more than 30 AI pilots
Deloitte survey, December 2025, organisations surveyed across all industries
« nearly 70% of responding organizations said that they expect more than 30 AI pilots, which could put significant strains on their ability to deliver promised AI value »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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50 %
AI factory adoption rate in the energy, resources and industrials industry in 2025
Energy, resources and industrials industry, 2025
« Energy, resources and industrials organizations lead adoption, with a projected increase from 50% in 2025 to 82% in 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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82 %
Projected AI factory adoption rate in the energy, resources and industrials industry in 2028
Energy, resources and industrials industry, 2028 projection
« Energy, resources and industrials organizations lead adoption, with a projected increase from 50% in 2025 to 82% in 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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24 %
AI factory adoption rate in financial services in 2025
Financial services industry, 2025
« Financial services had a 24% adoption rate in 2025 but is expected to make the largest gain, reaching 63% by 2028, while consumer, life sciences and TMT are projected to approach 72% to 75% by 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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63 %
Projected AI factory adoption rate in financial services in 2028
Financial services industry, 2028 projection
« Financial services had a 24% adoption rate in 2025 but is expected to make the largest gain, reaching 63% by 2028, while consumer, life sciences and TMT are projected to approach 72% to 75% by 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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29 %
Share of TMT organisations consuming more than 10 billion tokens per month, today
Technology, media and telecommunications industry, current
« By industry, TMT organizations expect the most growth in AI token consumption, where the respondent share above 10 billion monthly tokens is expected to rise from 29% today to 71% by 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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71 %
Projected share of TMT organisations consuming more than 10 billion tokens per month in 2028
Technology, media and telecommunications industry, 2028 projection
« By industry, TMT organizations expect the most growth in AI token consumption, where the respondent share above 10 billion monthly tokens is expected to rise from 29% today to 71% by 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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36 %
Share of financial services organisations consuming more than 10 billion tokens per month, today
Financial services industry, current
« FSI organizations are close behind, expected to rise from 36% to 70%. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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70 %
Projected share of financial services organisations consuming more than 10 billion tokens per month in 2028
Financial services industry, 2028 projection
« FSI organizations are close behind, expected to rise from 36% to 70%. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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54 %
Share of energy, resources and industrials organisations expecting to exceed 10 billion tokens per month in 2028
Energy, resources and industrials industry, 2028 projection
« Conversely, only 54% of ERI organizations reported they expect to consume above 10 billion monthly tokens in 2028. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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71 %
Share of respondents citing innovation capacity as an expected benefit of AI factories
All industries, Deloitte survey December 2025
« Across all five industries, survey respondents cited innovation capacity (71%), risk management (64%), and token optimization (59%) as the top expected outcomes—positioning AI factories as both growth and control assets. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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64 %
Share of respondents citing risk management as an expected benefit of AI factories
All industries, Deloitte survey December 2025
« Across all five industries, survey respondents cited innovation capacity (71%), risk management (64%), and token optimization (59%) as the top expected outcomes—positioning AI factories as both growth and control assets. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
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59 %
Share of respondents citing token optimisation as an expected benefit of AI factories
All industries, Deloitte survey December 2025
« Across all five industries, survey respondents cited innovation capacity (71%), risk management (64%), and token optimization (59%) as the top expected outcomes—positioning AI factories as both growth and control assets. »
Source: Enquête Deloitte, décembre 2025
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Industry and manufacturing · Banking, insurance, asset management, finance departments · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms · Healthcare, pharmaceuticals, social care · Retail and distribution, e-commerce · Media, communications, marketing
- Companies
- Silicon2Service (supplier), Deloitte (study author)
- Keywords
- AI infrastructure, AI factory, token consumption, industry adoption, AI governance, GPU
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Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Deloitte and its authors. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.