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Google ex-CEO Eric Schmidt jumps into the AI 'Bolt' data & energy center business with a failed, 150-year-old Texas railroad turned oil giant 'Pacific Land'


Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is getting into the AI and data center race with his new startup, and he’s betting on rural West Texas and a failed railroad turned oil giant to help him build enough power to light up 7 million homes. Schmidt’s new Bolt Data & Energy is taking the one-stop shop approach for hyperscalers’ land, power, and water needs for their data center campuses.

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