83% of organizations run AI workloads, driving demand for interoperable, cost-efficient data platforms

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The OpenSearch Software Foundation, the neutral home for the OpenSearch Project, today released The 2026 Open Data Infrastructure Report: AI, Governance, and OpenSearch Adoption Trends, created in partnership with Linux Foundation Research. Key findings show that AI workloads, now ubiquitous across global organizations, require a neutral, interoperable, unified data platform to ensure data control, cost efficiency, and operational security. This shift helped drive a nearly 2x increase in OpenSearch adoption as it evolved into a foundational data layer for AI infrastructure.