AI Could Save the $100 Billion US High-Speed Rail Project
After 17 years of sluggishness and over $100 billion in cost overruns, California's high-speed rail project unexpectedly found a way out in AI data centers and clean energy.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•24/08/2025
The California High-Speed Rail (HSR) project was once expected to connect San Francisco with Los Angeles. But after 17 years, the project has cost more than 100 billion USD and is still not operational.
CEO Ian Choudri unexpectedly proposed turning the project's land and clean energy into an AI data center. The idea quickly attracted interest from tech corporations in Silicon Valley.
Data centers can help HSR earn 30-40% of revenue outside of passenger transport. Fresno - the infrastructure site that stands to become California's new tech hub. Observers say this is a "turning point in thinking" to rescue an infrastructure project that was once considered a failure.
If successful, AI could not only save HSR but also revitalize the economy of the entire Central Valley. Readers are invited to watch more videos : Iris scanning tool to verify human identity | VTV24
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