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Infographic: How Canadian Education Can Plan Their Next Cloud and GenAI Moves
Canadian education organizations trail the national average on GenAI adoption, but one in three plan to start within a year. As they grow their public cloud footprint through hybrid and SaaS, closing these gaps will shape their next cloud moves.
GenAI Adoption Trends in Education
35%
of education organizations use GenAI at scale or across a few workloads, compared to 60% across Canada
34%
plan to start using GenAI in the next 12 months, more than three times the national average
73%
of education organizations use copilots or conversational AI at scale or in a few workloads
Education Shifting to Public Cloud
28%
rank shifting more workloads to public cloud infrastructure among their three most important needs
69%
rely mainly on hybrid cloud deployments
29%
mainly on multicloud deployments
69%
plan significant investments in hybrid cloud over the next two years
29%
plan to invest in public cloud SaaS
Sovereignty Concerns Outpace Sovereign Cloud Action
28%
of education organizations cite maintaining data sovereignty as a challenge, compared to 20% across Canada
16%
of education organizations currently use sovereign cloud, compared to 26% across Canada
37%
have no plans to use sovereign cloud in the next 12 months
Cloud Automation Maturity Has Room to Grow
39%
run manual, ticket-driven operations or scripted automation with scripts and job runners
55%
rank AI and GenAI automation among top three areas in need of further investment
38%
cite optimizing IT staff and processes as a pressing operating challenge
Managing Cost Pressure While Securing the Estate
31%
count higher prices due to tariffs or currency changes among their greatest digital infrastructure concerns, compared to 21% across Canada
27%
say adding secure endpoints more easily and quickly needs to improve for an AI-friendly data architecture
67%
rank improving infrastructure cybersecurity and resiliency among their three most important needs
55%
rate their infrastructure sufficiently or exceptionally resilient
Education organizations expect to purchase in the next two years:
58%
Cost management
53%