Large business cloud infrastructure usage: 1Q 2025 business survey

Analysys Mason surveyed 305 large businesses (with 250–999 employees) in Germany, Singapore, the UK and the USA between December 2024 and January 2025 to assess their telecoms and IT usage patterns and buying behaviours.

This report focuses on findings from the questions that we asked large businesses about their use of cloud infrastructure and compute services. It also assesses buyer behaviour for these services and considers how responses vary by country and industry vertical. 

Topics analysed

• Top IT spending priorities for large businesses
• Current adoption of cloud solutions
• Planned adoption of new cloud solutions 
• Propensity to procure cloud services together with communications services
• Channels used to supply cloud services

Questions answered in this report

• How important are cloud services to large businesses?
• Which cloud services are these businesses buying currently?
• By how much do these businesses plan to increase their spending on cloud services?
• How large is the role of telecoms operators in the supply of cloud services? 

Geographical coverage

• Germany
• Singapore
• UK
• USA