HashiCorp leaders share their predictions for the coming year, focusing on trends like multi-cloud acceptance, zero trust security, and AI adoption. They expect increased demand for infrastructure automation, tooling consolidation, and standardization across business units. The need for private datacenters will grow as enterprises cope with cost concerns and data sovereignty issues. Additionally, there will be a push towards EU data sovereignty, leading to the expansion of SaaS solutions and distributed architectures. The use of AI in narrow technical spaces, including DevOps, is also expected to increase, driving demand for cloud-engineering certification.