# Bolt Data & Energy AI data-center infrastructure company launched by [[Eric Schmidt]] in January 2026 in partnership with Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL), which controls ~882,000 acres of West Texas land. Bolt raised $150M initially (TPL contributing $50M plus first-refusal rights on water). Target scale: **10 gigawatts** of power capacity across West Texas — the hardware/energy layer of Schmidt's vertically integrated AI stack (policy → software → drones → energy). See [[The Quest for 90 Gigawatts]]. ## Stub — fill out - Site plans, power/water sourcing, and timeline - TPL arrangement details - Relationship to Schmidt's 90 GW energy thesis; sourcing ## See Also - [[Eric Schmidt]] · [[Eric Schmidt Holdings]] · [[The Quest for 90 Gigawatts]]