Eric Schmidt-backed data center venture is negotiating a major deal with Google

Google's ex-CEO is worried most countries will adopt Chinese AI models.

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• Bolt is a data center development firm co-founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt last year.
• The company is in talks with Google to anchor a large campus it plans to build in West Texas.
• Google and its Big Tech peers have unveiled record spending on AI infrastructure in 2026.

Bolt Data and Energy, a data center development firm...