Financial services companies find themselves at a critical crossroads as they choose between relentless data growth and the ambitious push to implement AI strategies corporate-wide. With data localization requirements tightening globally and cybersecurity threats escalating, these companies face mounting pressure to rethink how they manage, store, and extract value from their ever-expanding data resources.

Download this comprehensive Digital Realty report to discover how financial services industry leaders are navigating these challenges through distributed data strategies that place information closer to users while enabling richer insights.

Key takeaways include:

• How 70% of financial services companies are executing formal data strategies for their IT locations

• Why 79% of organizations are embracing distributed data approaches to improve performance and security

• The critical connection between data location strategy and AI implementation

• Four essential foundations for building a data and AI-ready IT framework that can transform customer experiences and mitigate risks