OpenSearch Report Finds 83% of Organizations Run or Plan AI Workloads

Sep 22, 2026
A 2026 report from the OpenSearch Software Foundation and Linux Foundation Research finds that 83% of organizations run or plan to run AI workloads.

OpenSearch Software Foundation and Linux Foundation Research said in a press release that 83% of surveyed organizations run or plan to run AI workloads, with the figure exceeding 90% among large enterprises. Generative AI and applications powered by large language models were the leading data infrastructure use case, cited by 82% of organizations.

The report found that 71% prioritize vendor neutral infrastructure, while 78% consider interoperability across vendors and tools critical. Total cost of ownership was a leading platform requirement for 80%, followed by security and compliance at 79%. Hybrid search, which combines keyword and semantic search, was preferred by 68% for AI retrieval.

Awareness of OpenSearch reached 89% in 2026, up from 68% in 2024. Seventy seven percent view it as a core or supporting part of their AI infrastructure, while 62% already use it for AI workloads. Search and retrieval was its leading use case at 91%, followed by log analytics and observability at 83% and analytics in real time at 70%.

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