Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Rob Lalka is an expert in entrepreneurship and innovation in business.
Expert: AI infrastructure boom may correct, but the tech won’t disappear
Is the AI infrastructure boom built to last — or headed for a correction as data center projects run into power, permitting and supply-chain constraints?
Tulane business professor Rob Lalka says the data center boom may see a correction, but that does not mean the technology itself is overhyped. Lalka compares the moment to the dot-com era. The bubble burst, but the infrastructure built during that period went on to create enormous long-term value.
“The real question is not whether capital has moved too quickly,” Lalka said. “It’s whether companies are truly building AI into the way they operate.”
Lalka can speak to whether today’s spending surge is a short-term overbuild, a lasting business shift or both.
Lalka is a tech ethics and entrepreneurship expert whose award-winning work examines how Big Tech turns innovation into power.
For interviews, contact Roger Dunaway at roger@tulane.edu or 504-452-2906.
Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Rob Lalka is an expert in entrepreneurship and innovation in business.
