In addition, passenger trains are only really useful if they both start and end in built-up urban areas. A train between a ranch in Nebraska and a potato field in Idaho is not going to be serving many passengers.
That means that some of the key land needed for trains is going to be some of the most valuable land there is.
That’s one reason why authoritarian regimes like China have a much easier time building train routes.
Getting datacentres built would take a lot longer if it was necessary to build them in big city downtown areas like you need for a main train station.
In addition, passenger trains are only really useful if they both start and end in built-up urban areas. A train between a ranch in Nebraska and a potato field in Idaho is not going to be serving many passengers.
That means that some of the key land needed for trains is going to be some of the most valuable land there is.
That’s one reason why authoritarian regimes like China have a much easier time building train routes.
Getting datacentres built would take a lot longer if it was necessary to build them in big city downtown areas like you need for a main train station.