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The 2025 State of Open Infrastructure Report Is Now Available

The 2025 State of Open Infrastructure Report Is Now Available

May 2025

From the IOI announcement

The report contains exclusive data, trends and insights on key issues related to open infrastructure characteristics, funding, policy, and community health. The report presents valuable insights from interviews with leading experts across diverse stakeholder groups in open infrastructure investment and adoption globally, tailored research by the IOI team, and thorough trend analysis on topical issues related to open infrastructure. Given the turbulent stretch that research is currently facing globally, the report also provides practical recommendations that stakeholders can implement which are aimed at contributing to a strong, resilient research and scholarship ecosystem worldwide.

Key findings

  • From an analysis of over $550M in open infrastructure funding from 2001-2024, governments are a critical source of funding for open infrastructures. Given the recent (and ongoing) research funding cuts, there is a need for coordinated action to plug the deficit caused by the cuts of government spending on research in the US and beyond. 

  • From our analysis of open infrastructures listed in Infra Finder, there is a high level of reliance between open infrastructures which is a strength but can also be a weakness. Merging overlapping infrastructure solutions or strategically sunsetting redundant tools may strengthen the ecosystem, making it easier for users to make choices and infrastructure organizations to build resilient business models. 

  • Policy is only one piece of the puzzle when it comes to furthering public access. There are technological and socio-cultural needs and dynamics that must be addressed alongside policy. In this chapter, we unpack some of these adjacent yet important costs to consider to enhance compliance with public access mandates. 

Read the full announcement or download the report.