Category: Digital Infrastructure & Platforms
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AI Chip Lifespans: A Note on the Secondary Market
Two months ago, I wrote about the competition concerns with the GenAI infrastructure boom. One of my provocative claims was that the lifespan of the chips may be significantly shorter than the accounting treatment given to them. Others like David Rosenthal, Ed Zitron, Michael Burry and Olga Usvyatsky have raised similar concerns. NVIDIA has a…
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Why the GenAI Infrastructure Boom May Break Historical Patterns
Authored by Mihir Kshirsagar Observers invoke railroad, electricity, and telecom precedents when contextualizing the current generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) infrastructure boom—usually to debate whether or when we are heading for a crash. But these discussions miss an important pattern that held across all three prior cycles: when the bubbles burst, investors lost money but society…
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Hard Choices: CITP Workshop on Payment Systems at the Global DPI Summit in Capetown, South Africa
Authored by Mihir Kshirsagar, Jeremy McKey, and Felix Chen On November 5, 2025, Princeton CITP and the M.S. Chadha Center for Global India (CGI), in partnership with AfricaNenda, will convene an interactive workshop at the Global DPI Summit 2025 to examine the difficult trade-offs governments face when designing national payment systems. The session, Hard Choices…
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Lifespan of AI Chips: The $300 Billion Question
Authored by: Mihir Kshirsagar This week, Open AI announced a multibillion dollar deal with Broadcom to develop custom AI chips for data centers projected to consume 10 gigawatts of power. This investment is separate from another multibillion dollar deal OpenAI struck with AMD last week. There is no question that we are in the midst of…
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How do states define digital literacy in their digital equity plans?
Co-authored by Sam Hafferty, Mihir Kshirsagar, Eszter Hargittai, and Tithi Chattopadhyay Our survey of state digital equity plans makes abundantly clear that states view digital skills as important and necessary to modern life. With increasing digital workplace demands, shifts towards K-12 online learning environments, and the adoption of telehealth technologies in medical service administration, digital…
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Announcing a Study: Assessing The Impact of Federal Funding in Promoting Digital Equity
The Princeton Center for Information Technology (CITP) is embarking on a research study that examines how states are using Digital Equity Act funding to address digital inequity. This post outlines our research agenda and invites input from stakeholders of federally funded digital equity projects from across sectors. Historic Funding The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill of 2021…
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Meet the Researcher: Mona Wang
Mona Wang is a Princeton Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy. Wang recently sat down with undergraduate student Tsion Kergo ‘26 for an interview where they discussed her research into surveillance technologies, what developed her interest in cryptography, and warns about the security risks of social…
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Meet the Researcher: Varun Rao
Varun Rao is Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. Rao recently sat down with Princeton undergraduate student Tsion Kergo ‘26 for an interview to discuss his research interests, academic background, and the importance of responsible technology in society. Their conversation has been edited…
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Revolutionizing Rideshare: Researchers Develop FairFare App to Empower Workers
On February 1, 2025, Colorado’s Transportation Network Transparency Bill (SB24-075) took effect. CITP scholars, along with their colleagues, played a key role in supporting advocacy around the bill by creating the FairFare app, which provided transparent data to help drivers, union organizers, and policymakers better understand the ride hail industry. Among other things, the new…