IDCA Releases Global AI Report

Washington, DC – June 2, 2025. IDCA has released The Global Report on Artificial Intelligence (2025), covering AI's impact on the $16 trillion global Digital Economy, and outlining the AI Readiness Index of Nations, which focuses on the potential of AI development and use of each of the nations of the world. The report was put together over the last several months by a worldwide team headed by IDCA AI Counsel Mark Minevich, IDCA Chief Research Officer Roger Strukhoff.

Upon release of the report, IDCA Chairman and CEO Mehdi Paryavi said, “The notion of AI has dominated not only global strategy and policy stage and the investment communities around the world, but it has also become an integral part of our day-to-day lives. We sensed that it was important for us to use our resources and capabilities to fully analyze the global state of affairs as they pertain to artificial intelligence, global AI readiness of nations, the impact of AI on diverse industry sectors, sovereignty of AI, infrastructure requirements, LLMs, AI chips, agentic AI, and all facets of the AI development globally to bring transparency and clarity to all stakeholders.”

The Global Report on AI follows the publication earlier this year of IDCA's “Global Digital Economy Report (2025).” Both of the IDCA global reports break new ground in examining not only the market-driven and technological aspects of Digital Economies and AI but also their impact on the world as well as the proportional impacts and readiness of nations and industry verticals.

“AI is a global phenomenon,” according to IDCA AI Counsel Mark Minevich. “Government and business leaders in every country have a deep interest in how AI is developing, what is happening now, and what will happen soon. AI development embraces not only the GenAI platforms such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek that are popular now but also more autonomous agentic AI services and continued development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) models that are transforming businesses and societies.”

The Global Report on AI thus features focused sections on processing requirements and the leading chips being deployed today; the spectrum of AI across GenAI, Agentic AI, and AGI; the approach of quantum computing and its implications for AI; AI sovereignty, responsibility, and ethics; the readiness of nations for AI; and how AI centers and hubs can be uniquely fitted to nations of all sizes.

“The well-reported processing and energy demands of today's large AI models can appear daunting to even the world's largest nations, but IDCA's research has found there are opportunities at many scales for every nation,” said IDCA Chief Research Officer Roger Strukhoff. “IDCA has developed a unique index that analyzes what resources each nation brings to bear to developing and using AI, and developing their own, unique Digital Economy.”

“As with IDCA's Digital Economy report, the Global AI Report not only depicts the full spectrum of artificial intelligence drivers, needs, and components, it also delivers a precise, proportionate analysis that strategic nation builders and investors need to implement positive measures for the future of their institutions,” concluded, Paryavi.

The Global AI Report is available at no fee to nations, companies, AI, Digital Economy, and industry experts and professionals. It serves as a change agent and reference point as it builds upon the foundations of ongoing IDCA research into Digital Economies. Requests for the report can be sent via the International Data Center Authority (IDCA)'s LinkedIn page, or by email at research@idc-a.org.

About IDCA

International Data Center Authority (IDCA) is a global, non-partisan think tank operating in over 40 countries with its international headquarters offices in Washington DC. The firm works with governments, enterprises, partners, affiliates, and other organizations to create Digital Economies through standardization, governance, and policy, as well as the use of modern digital infrastructure, empowered human capital, and research-based roadmaps and implementations. More on IDCA: www.idc-a.org