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Digital Realty CEO Andrew Power said warnings of a potential AI development slowdown from firms like Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI would not mean a halt to data center real estate demand. He argued that non-AI digital transformation and cloud computing growth remain strong drivers for his business, even as Digital Realty and Equinix shares fell on Monday amid AI slowdown fears.
Investors are increasingly scrutinizing whether the massive data center buildout tied to Anthropic and OpenAI's growth can continue at its current pace, given uncertainty around future AI model progress. Companies like Oracle, GE Vernova, Caterpillar, Vertiv, Nebius, CoreWeave, Dell and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have all made major bets tied to sustained AI infrastructure demand.
President Trump phoned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang while Huang was speaking at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles, and was put on speakerphone to address the audience. Trump dismissed growing concerns about AI and data center expansion as a hoax, arguing that data centers create wealth for people and states. The call followed a weekend of Trump social media posts attacking Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to slow AI development and rejecting calls for new AI regulation.
Officials at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts say the institution is heading toward what they call certain fiscal collapse, with closure possible as early as Tuesday. Internal documents reportedly tie the venue's financial fate to a dispute over restoring Donald Trump's name to the building's exterior.
The Trump administration has appealed a federal court ruling that blocked its policy allowing detention and deportation of noncitizen researchers who study harmful online content, arguing they pose national security risks. Separately, a judge dismissed a related lawsuit from Imran Ahmed of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, ruling that courts lack jurisdiction to stop deportation proceedings even though she criticized Secretary of State Marco Rubio's justification for targeting him.
Apple released iOS 27 on Monday, September 14, bringing an opt-in, AI-enhanced version of Siri capable of handling tasks like navigation and recipe lookups, alongside smaller design changes such as a new Liquid Glass slider and a revised Notification Center. The reviewer, who tested beta versions since June, reports the update makes the phone feel faster with quicker app launches, though it lacks major standout features compared to past iOS releases.
President Trump has publicly backed automated license plate reader systems made by Flock Safety, aligning himself with the surveillance technology as the midterm elections near. His support also extends to data center expansion and policies aimed at accelerating AI development without regulatory slowdown.
President Trump said he sees no need for additional oversight of artificial intelligence, pushing back against safety warnings from industry insiders. He also claimed that opposition to AI development and new data centers is being driven by a coordinated campaign rather than genuine public concern.
German Aerospace Center researchers report that Mercury's diameter has contracted by up to 14.5 miles since its formation, 10 to 30 percent more than earlier estimates suggested. The team says debris from impact craters had masked the true extent of this shrinkage, which stems from the planet gradually losing internal heat.
A Data Love Letter to the Subway, an animated short displayed across 52 screens at NYC's Fulton Transit Center, transforms MTA ridership and transit data into abstract moving shapes and dot clusters. Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design, the two-minute piece played hourly and was seen by roughly 300,000 commuters daily between October and December 2025. It has now won a 2026 Innovation by Design award in the data design category.
Fast Company revealed its 2026 Innovation by Design Awards winners in the data design category, recognizing projects that use data to improve user experiences through visualizations, interfaces, or algorithms. Pentagram's 'A Data Love Letter to the Subway,' a two-minute hand-drawn animation displayed across 52 screens at Fulton Transit Center, took the top honor for transforming New York subway data into an artistic visual narrative.
UC Berkeley's Grimes Engineering Center, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, has been named a winner in Fast Company's 2026 Innovation by Design Awards. The building sits near a major Bay Area fault line and features a new seismic-responsive structural system engineered to withstand strong earthquakes, with the bracing left visible rather than hidden behind walls.