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AI Infrastructure Demand

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. · 2026-09-09 · Importance 17 · Surprise 24

Cisco reported that AI agents account for roughly 60% of global inference capacity. The data point indicates strong demand for networking and infrastructure supporting agentic-AI workloads. It highlights a shift in inference consumption toward AI-agent applications rather than conventional workloads.

Key facts

• Cisco said AI agents already consume roughly 60% of global inference capacity. source