Center for Data Innovation

The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Colin Cooper, co-founder of Illuminate XR, a U.S.-based company building a platform that uses virtual reality (VR) and an AI system to…

This week’s roundup of data news highlights from April 4, 2026, to April 10, 2026, featuring a robotic guide dog that communicates with visually impaired users to help them navigate…

The New York Times has created an interactive visual that shows how gasoline prices vary across the United States, highlighting differences not only between states but also among individual counties.…

Researchers at the Universities of Bath in the U.K. have built a dataset on cactus ecology and evolution called CactEcoDB. It includes habitat maps, environmental data, biological traits, and an…

WASHINGTON—Concerns about the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are widely misdiagnosed, leading to ineffective policy responses, according to a new report from the Center for Data Innovation.…

For decades, data centers were the quiet, reliable engines of the information economy, operating in the background of global commerce and daily life. But with the rise of artificial intelligence…

The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Lisa Haxel, co-founder of Alveos, a New York-based company developing a wearable device that measures breathing directly from the chest. Haxel explained…

This week’s roundup of data news highlights from March 20, 2026, to April 3, 2026, featuring AI models that predict cherry blossom bloom timing in Japan and autonomous delivery vans…

U.S.-based research organization, the Institute for Energy Research, has created a visual that compares the growth of data centers with electricity‑price changes across U.S. states from 2015 to 2025. The…

New York City’s public transit operator, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has created two datasets that map the city’s bus stops and routes. The datasets also contain buses’ recorded speeds between…

If a product advertises itself as being made in America, a reasonable consumer will assume that the product was, in fact, made in America. President Trump’s recent executive order (EO),…

China’s autonomous delivery sector has earned its hype. Sidewalk robots deliver packages in dozens of Chinese cities faster than humans could, and China leads the world in the sector in…

The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Donát Posta, CEO of Scoutlabs, a Hungary‑based company using a computer vision system and an AI model to monitor insect populations on…

This week’s roundup of data news highlights from March 21, 2026, to March 27, 2026, and features a robot that guides travelers through airports and an AI system that detects…

The New York Times has created a visual showing how countries are connected to the conflict around Iran by the types of involvement they have had. Using reports of missile…

U.S.-based video game company Niantic Inc., best known for creating Pokémon GO, has created a dataset of city streets, landmarks, storefronts, and intersections by collecting 30 billion street-level images over…

WASHINGTON—In response to the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY14), the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement…

Agentic commerce is nearly here, and it is poised to transform shopping and procurement. Soon, artificial intelligence (AI) agents will be able to track thousands of listings simultaneously, monitor prices,…

Hospitals, clinics, and public health agencies across the United States are deploying AI tools to draft clinical notes, summarize patient histories, flag potential drug interactions, and support triage decisions. State…

This week’s roundup of data news highlights from March 14, 2026, to March 20, 2026, features an inspection robot that helps the U.S. Navy detect repair needs and an AI…