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title: "3 Questions: Why infrastructure is entering a defining era "
date: 2026-10-28
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-why-infrastructure-is-entering-defining-era-1028
description: "Professor Ali Jadbabaie describes how AI, digital transformation, climate change, and complex geopolitics are forcing engineers and policymakers to rethink how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed."
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# 3 Questions: Why infrastructure is entering a defining era 

Professor Ali Jadbabaie describes how AI, digital transformation, climate change, and complex geopolitics are forcing engineers and policymakers to rethink how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed.

*Published: 2026-10-28*