
In January, SoftBank contributed $50 million to the foundation for Donald Trump's future presidential library. The company said it would fund construction and operation. Presidential libraries preserve an administration's records and serve as monuments to its account of power. SoftBank's gifts to the Reagan and George W. Bush libraries came after those presidents left office. This payment arrived during Trump's term, before his library existed. In March, the Department of Energy leased federal land in Ohio to an affiliate of SoftBank's SB Energy. The former Portsmouth uranium-enrichment site is planned to hold a 10-gigawatt data center campus, supplied by at least 9.2 gigawatts of new gas generation.
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal and Representative Melanie Stansbury asked whether the timing raised bribery concerns. No published evidence connects the contribution to the lease. The two events expose a direct route between political remembrance and AI infrastructure. A corporation can honor a sitting president through an institution shaping his historical image while seeking federal land for one of the world's largest computing projects. The material chain includes a Cold War site under cleanup, gas plants, transmission lines, private servers and a commemorative foundation. SoftBank confirmed the dates and described the gift as resembling its previous library donations. Those checks reached former presidents. This one was deposited two months before the federal agreement was announced.
En enero, SoftBank donó 50 millones de dólares a la fundación de la biblioteca presidencial de Donald Trump. Dijo que financiaría su construcción y funcionamiento. Las bibliotecas presidenciales conservan archivos y levantan monumentos al poder. SoftBank había donado a las bibliotecas de Ronald Reagan y George W. Bush después de que ambos dejaran el cargo. Este pago ocurrió durante el mandato de Trump, antes de que su biblioteca existiera. En marzo, el Departamento de Energía arrendó terrenos federales en Ohio a una filial de SoftBank. La antigua planta de uranio de Portsmouth albergará un campus de centros de datos de 10 gigavatios, alimentado por al menos 9,2 gigavatios de nueva generación con gas.
Los senadores Elizabeth Warren y Richard Blumenthal y la representante Melanie Stansbury preguntaron si el calendario despertaba sospechas de soborno. Ninguna prueba publicada conecta la donación con el arrendamiento. Los hechos exponen una ruta directa entre memoria política e infraestructura de IA. Una empresa puede homenajear a un presidente mediante una institución que ordenará su imagen histórica mientras pide terreno federal para un gran proyecto informático. La cadena incluye un complejo de la Guerra Fría aún en limpieza, centrales de gas, líneas eléctricas, servidores privados y una fundación conmemorativa. SoftBank confirmó las fechas y comparó el aporte con sus donaciones anteriores. Aquellos cheques llegaron a expresidentes. Este fue depositado dos meses antes del anuncio federal.


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