The results of early efforts to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to business practices have been less effective at driving new revenue than the digital industry claimed they would be. Also, Americans have grown disgruntled with what AI holds for the economy’s future, and they have expressed that disappointment in pushback against construction of data centers. The mere mention of AI during commencement addresses has been drawing boos from the graduates. While hundreds of billions of dollars have been committed to construction of AI infrastructure, problems have surfaced with the supply chain of critical components, the stability of lending sources and attitude shifts among Americans about local costs (water and electricity) of data centers. These issues are slowing the buildout. Now comes agentic AI, which suddenly increased demand for compute power, and the industry was seemingly not prepared. Demand for processing power is increasing, supply is not keeping up, and prices are rising. The surprise is that an industry that prided itself on being a disruptor of business traditions has itself been disrupted by its own creation.