11 © FORRESTER RESEARCH, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 10 Base: 324 IT decision-makers in the US federal government, systems integrators, and contractors responsible for endpoint device purchasing Source: Forrester’s Q2 2026 AI PCs in US Government Survey [E-68927] AI PCs are critical to meeting federal security, compliance, and Zero Trust requirements For organizations operating in sensitive environments, on-device AI may be especially relevant. Nearly three-fourths of respondents indicated that local or hybrid AI approaches are essential to supporting security needs by reducing reliance on cloud-only architectures for certain workloads. Hybrid cloud Cloud-only On-device only 41% 28% 31% Cloud Vs. On-Device AI Architecture of IT leaders agreed that on-device AI reduces risk relative to cloud AI 59% 72% rely on AIpowered PCs, whether entirely or as part of a hybrid cloud strategy
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