--- title: David Siegel | TIME description: David Siegel is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is co-founder of Two Sigma, founder of Open Athena, chairman of Siegel Family Endowment, and serves on several prominent boards, including MIT, Cornell Tech, and the DOE Science Advisory Committee. He is also a co-author of the forthcoming book When Machines Act (MIT Press). canonical: https://time.com/author/david-siegel/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/david-siegel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # David Siegel ## David Siegel David Siegel is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is co-founder of Two Sigma, founder of Open Athena, chairman of Siegel Family Endowment, and serves on several prominent boards, including MIT, Cornell Tech, and the DOE Science Advisory Committee. He is also a co-author of the forthcoming book [_When Machines Act_](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262065184/when-machines-act/) (MIT Press). ## David Siegel *  Aug 28, 2026 ### [Leaders Pivoting on Data Centers Require More Than Roads, Water, and Power Promises](https://time.com/article/2026/08/28/leaders-pivoting-on-data-centers-require-more-than-roads-water-and-power-promises/) "The politics of data centers have shifted," write Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, David Siegel, and Stephen Hen... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"\_\_typename":"Seo","meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection","edges":\[\]},"twitter\_card":"summary\_large\_image"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/david-siegel/","name":"David Siegel"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-siegel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/david-siegel/"},"name":"David Siegel","jobTitle":"","description":"David Siegel is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is co-founder of Two Sigma, founder of Open Athena, chairman of Siegel Family Endowment, and serves on several prominent boards, including MIT, Cornell Tech, and the DOE Science Advisory Committee. He is also a co-author of the forthcoming book When Machines Act (MIT Press).","url":"https://time.com/author/david-siegel/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```