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TPL × Bolt Permian Data Center Program

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Eric Schmidt's Bolt on Texas Pacific land
Pre-construction

A who's-who land play: former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Bolt teams with Texas Pacific Land (one of the largest landowners in Texas) to develop data center campuses across the Permian, with TPL supplying land, water, and capital.

Planned powerNot yet sized, 'large-scale data center campuses and supporting infrastructure'
Developer
Bolt Data & Energy (co-founded/chaired by Eric Schmidt)
Owner
Bolt-affiliated projects; TPL holds equity, warrants, and water right-of-first-refusal
Tenant
TBD
Power source
Permian gas/renewables (TPL land + water value chain)
Cooling
TBD
Compute
TBD
Construction start
TBD
Est. completion
TBD
Grid strategy
TBD
County
Permian Basin (multiple counties)
Nearest city
West Texas (TPL land: Culberson, Reeves, Loving, et al.)
Announced
2025-12-17