← Back to PeopleWSResearcherWalid SaadEngineering Professor at Virginia TechLinkedInWalid Saad is an engineering professor at Virginia Tech.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredAmazon1Anthropic1Futurum Group1Gartner1Google1Meta1Nvidia1OpenAI1Oracle1SoftBank1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageOpenAI's data center pivot underscores Wall Street spending concerns ahead of IPOCNBCcautiousMar 23, 2026“Explained building a 1-gigawatt data center takes 3 to 10 years and faces regulatory and permitting obstacles.”