AI Infrastructure & Data Centers

Washington – September 12, 2026 -- Quantinuum has finalized a $100 million federal funding agreement with the US Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office, becoming the only trapped-ion quantum computing company to receive funds under the CHIPS and Science Act's R&D program.

Federal Award Targets Domestic Quantum Chip Manufacturing

The agreement, which follows a letter of intent announced in May, funds research, development and manufacturing capacity for quantum semiconductors needed to scale fault-tolerant, trapped-ion quantum computers within the United States. Quantinuum applies established semiconductor fabrication techniques to improve the reliability, repeatability and scalability of its current and future quantum systems.

Los Angeles – September 12, 2026 -- Schall, Brown & Schwartz LLP (SBS) has filed a class action lawsuit against Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ: DVLT), alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5. The suit covers investors who purchased DVLT shares between September 12, 2026 and September 12, 2026.

Complaint alleges Datavault overstated AI value in corporate partnerships

The complaint claims Datavault made false and misleading statements about the value its AI technology delivered to corporate partners, including Nature's Miracle. It further alleges the Company misled investors about the actual trading volume on its platform.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 12, 2026 -- Cresta, a customer experience AI platform, has signed former NFL running back and Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch as brand ambassador in a multi-year partnership.

Cresta commits to multi-year ad campaign featuring Marshawn Lynch

Lynch will appear in advertising, at industry events, and across additional marketing initiatives promoting Cresta's enterprise AI platform, starting with a new ad launched today that frames the company's technology as putting customer experience in "Beast Mode."

Lynch says Cresta targets the frustration of hold music and repeated calls

Lynch described his frustration with customer service delays: "My first career counted on me running through players who thought they could stop me... it feels like just more defenders in the way. Cresta's told me they're putting both out of business. So I said, sign me up, ASAP!"

Beijing – – September 12, 2026 -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WiMi) has developed a multi-dimensional data pooling technique built on Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQA) that compresses complex datasets while retaining local feature detail, a persistent bottleneck in classical machine learning pipelines.

WiMi combines Quantum Haar Transform with partial measurement to eliminate flattening losses

The scheme merges a Quantum Haar Transform (QHT) with quantum partial measurement to build what the company calls a quantum pooling mechanism. Unlike classical pooling, which compresses data by discarding information through flattening, WiMi's method operates directly on multi-dimensional data in quantum state space, avoiding the need to reduce inputs to one-dimensional form before processing.

Singapore – September 12, 2026 -- Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN) reported unaudited second-quarter 2026 total revenue of US$31.9 million, down 49% from US$62.7 million in Q1 2026 and 68% below the US$100.2 million recorded in Q2 2025, as bitcoin price weakness and seasonal power constraints hit mining-rig demand.

Digital asset treasury climbs to a record 1,915 BTC and 3,952 ETH

Canaan's cryptocurrency treasury reached its highest level to date at quarter-end, even as the company posted a gross loss of US$29.3 million, widening from a US$22.9 million gross loss in Q1 2026 and reversing a gross profit of US$9.3 thousand in Q2 2025. The company mined 243 bitcoins during the quarter and sold 2.5 EH/s of computing power.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – September 11, 2026 -- Intersignal has demonstrated cross-device context sharing through its Braid protocol, showing a local large language model on a MacBook Air incorporate a 500-credit spending limit transmitted from a connected system into its response.

Braid moves beyond message delivery to actual context use by receiving models

The demonstration confirmed that a shared parameter -- the 500-credit limit -- was not just received but applied by the target model in its output. Intersignal calls this dynamic "machine osmosis," describing how information introduced in one part of a connected setup becomes usable context elsewhere without manual re-entry of instructions or constraints.

Houston – September 11, 2026 -- Cloverleaf Infrastructure LLC has signed the Michigan Affordability and Responsible Growth Pledge, joining Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Oracle as signatories to the state's data center development framework.

Michigan Pledge Requires Developers to Secure New Energy Resources

The pledge, launched by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, obligates signatories to ensure Michiganders do not face higher energy costs, to secure new energy resources to meet demand, and to fund necessary energy infrastructure upgrades. Signatories must also comply with environmental laws, prioritize local hiring and workforce development, and operate with transparency in project development and community investment.

Amman, Jordan – September 11, 2026 -- Mindstream Energy is developing a 245-acre Sovereign AI & Digital Infrastructure Campus at Jordan's Al-Risha natural gas field, designed to scale to 400 MW of dedicated onsite generation without drawing power from Jordan's consumer electricity grid.

Phase 1 targets 70 MW of commercial capacity by March 2027

The initial build-out is planned for 70 MW, with the broader campus engineered for modular expansion up to 400 MW as customer demand materializes. Mindstream holds a long-term contract for the site's natural gas resource, with power generated onsite rather than sourced from the national grid.

Glen Allen, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- ChemTreat, Inc. has been selected as a preferred service provider in Ohio for Dow's Coolant Care Network, expanding its footprint in a state experiencing rapid data center growth. The Veralto operating company already holds status as Dow's only preferred service provider in Virginia and serves as a strategic service provider nationally.

Dow ties coolant support to data center construction timelines

Chuck Carn, Dow Data Center Growth Platform Director, said operators and construction teams need coolant support in place before systems come online rather than sourced afterward. The Ohio designation puts a qualified service provider on the ground, backed by Dow fluids, vetted test labs, and Dow's technical specialists.

Washington – September 11, 2026 -- A majority of congressional staffers, 63 percent, oppose the U.S. government taking equity stakes in private artificial intelligence companies, according to a CNCT Capitol Pulse survey highlighted by HillFaith, a Capitol Hill fellowship ministry.

Democratic aides show the strongest opposition to federal AI equity stakes

Among Democratic staffers, 67 percent said they "strongly oppose" the government acquiring stakes in AI firms, compared with 58 percent of Republican aides holding the same position. The partisan gap reverses in the "somewhat opposed" category, where 24 percent of Republican staffers registered opposition versus just 5 percent of Democrats.