California high-speed rail boss courts private investors with proposals for AI, energy revenue

California high-speed rail boss courts private investors with proposals for AI, energy revenue

The year is 2040. Data centers have proliferated across the Central Valley, powering multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence companies in Silicon Valley. To meet their soaring energy needs, hundreds of miles of new electric transmission lines have been built, along with battery storage facilities. Some of these data centers get their power from the grid, while others attach directly to a new power source: clean energy generated by the Califo…