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TPL invests $50M in Bolt data center venture; Eric Schmidt co-founded Bolt
Texas Pacific Land Corp
- TPL invested $50M as part of Bolt's $150M capital raise; receives equity, warrants, and water ROFR.
- Bolt co-founded by Eric Schmidt (former Google CEO/Chairman); aims to build large-scale AI data centers on TPL's 882,000 acres.
- HKAM (affiliate of TPL director Murray Stahl) plans significant equity investment in Bolt; Audit Committee reviewed conflicts.
- Partnership targets power from natural gas, renewables, and nuclear to supply data centers in West Texas.