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California’s high-speed rail project is back with another desperate scheme to save itself from the scrap heap. After years of massive cost overruns and delays, the failing boondoggle now wants to lease land for AI data centers to bring in cash. This is the same project that has already burned through billions of taxpayer dollars with nothing to show for it.
President Trump is doing exactly what he promised by clawing back four billion dollars from this wasteful disaster. California politicians have proven they cannot be trusted with federal money on this train to nowhere. Every penny saved from this project can go toward real infrastructure that actually helps American families.
The new CEO Ian Choudri thinks he can save the project by renting land to tech companies for data centers. He claims these side businesses will bring in thirty to forty percent of what they need to keep the trains running. This sounds like more pie-in-the-sky thinking from the same people who promised a working train years ago.
Silicon Valley investors are apparently asking about moving data centers to Fresno to plug into the rail project’s power grid. But why should taxpayers subsidize private tech companies getting cheap land deals? This looks like another way for Big Tech to get special treatment while regular Americans foot the bill.
The plan also includes selling rights for fiber optic cables and promoting real estate development along the route. These are not transportation solutions but desperate attempts to find any way to make money. California is treating this rail project like a real estate development scheme instead of actual public transit.
They now promise a tiny segment through the Central Valley will be done by 2033, with maybe service to San Francisco by 2039. That means most Americans alive today will be retired or dead before this thing ever carries a single passenger. This timeline is a joke that shows how badly managed this project really is.
California has already wasted decades and billions of dollars on this fantasy train project. The state keeps moving the goalposts and making grand promises while delivering nothing but excuses. Hardworking taxpayers deserve better than funding California’s pipe dreams.
President Trump was right to pull federal funding from this disaster before it wastes even more money. California can chase its high-speed rail fantasies with its own tax dollars instead of reaching into the pockets of Americans nationwide. This data center scheme is just another sign that this project should be killed once and for all.
