June 20 (Reuters) - IT services provider Accenture projected annual revenue growth largely above estimates on Thursday, as growing adoption of artificial intelligence offsets sluggish growth in enterprise spending.

It expects annual revenue to grow 1.5% to 2.5%, compared with analysts' expectations of 1.6%, according to LSEG data. It had earlier expected growth between 1% and 3%. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)