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Feb 10, 2026 8:01 AM

Google Weighs Massive Texas Data Center Deal With Former CEO Eric Schmidt's Firm: Report

Eric Schmidt‘s data center development firm, Bolt Data and Energy, is reportedly in negotiations with Alphabet’s Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) to commence construction on a large data center project in West Texas.

Google is contemplating a 250-megawatt commitment, but the exact size of the potential transaction is yet to be determined as the talks are still ongoing, reported Business Insider on Monday.

The sources told the publication that the land owned by Texas Pacific Land (TPL) would provide Bolt Data and Energy, co-founded by former Google CEO Schmidt, with ample power and water for cooling, essential resources that have been under strain due to the rapid growth of data center development across the country.

Google did not ...