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Fermi America Project Matador

Amarillo, Carson County, TX[5][6]Developer: Fermi America[5][6]

Also known as HyperGrid, President Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus

Under construction[5]Site work and gas turbine deliveries underway; as of April 2026 Cleanview reported no data center buildings begun
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Fermi America plans a private-power AI campus on Texas Tech University System land northeast of Amarillo. The company says it will use 17 GW of power from natural gas, four proposed AP1000 nuclear reactors, and solar plus batteries. The project lost a prospective tenant in December 2025 and replaced its CEO in April 2026. In August 2026 it signed a $6.5 billion, 15-year lease with TensorWave for an initial 222 MW. The first gas turbines arrived in September 2026, and the NRC is reviewing the reactor license application.

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity17 GW [8]
company says 17 GW private power campus (earlier announced as 11 GW); ~6 GW permitted
Phase 1 capacity222 MW [5]
initial TensorWave lease; possible expansion past 650 MW
Site size5,800 acres [6]
per ABC 7 Amarillo; Fermi's website says ~8,400 acres
Target completionTensorWave capacity delivered in phases starting 2H 2027 [5]

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilitySouthwestern Public Service Company (Xcel Energy) [9]
Utility pages: Southwestern Public Service (SPS) · data centers and bills
86 MW starting January 2026, ramping to 200 MW, via SPS 115-kV transmission (company statement)
Source excerpt
“Xcel Energy's SPS subsidiary will begin delivering 86 MW of electrical capacity in January 2026, eventually ramping up to 200 MW.”
Power supplyNatural gas (3 Siemens SGT6-5000F turbines, delivered Sept 2026), four proposed Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, and solar plus battery storage [6]
Fermi has given two ratings for the three turbines: up to 780 MW in simple-cycle mode (July 21, 2026 release, s13; also reported by ABC 7) and up to 728 MW in simple-cycle mode (Q2 2026 results, Aug. 13, 2026, s14).

Water

Water use2,500,000 gal/day [5]
maximum Amarillo agreed to sell, at twice the industrial rate
Water sourceCity of Amarillo (municipal) [5]

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesCarson County tax abatement agreement in two parts: $3 per square foot for data centers and $2,500–$2,750 per megawatt for generation [10]
range as stated
Source excerpt
“The abatement for the data centers is set at $3 per square foot”
Abatement term10 years [10]
each of 15 phases enters a 10-year abatement at commercial operation
Source excerpt
“that phase will go into a 10 year abatement agreement.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Planned capacity17 GW [8]
Phase 1 capacity222 MW [5]
UtilitySouthwestern Public Service Company (Xcel Energy) [9]
Power supplyNatural gas (3 Siemens SGT6-5000F turbines, delivered Sept 2026), four proposed Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, and solar plus battery storage [6]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Fermi submits parts 1-2 of NRC Combined License Application for four AP1000 units [1]

  2. NRC completes acceptance review of the application [1]

  3. Fermi raises $746M in IPO; land clearing begins [4]

  4. Amarillo City Council votes 4-1 to sell up to 2.5M gallons/day of water [5]

  5. Prospective tenant ends letter of intent after exclusivity expires; shares fall [3]

  6. Fermi America announces electric service agreement with Southwestern Public Service Company for up to 200 MW [9]

  7. Final TCEQ air permit secured [4]

  8. Fermi America files a second 5 GW clean air permit application with TCEQ [11]

  9. CEO Toby Neugebauer removed; CFO resigns [5]

  10. $6.5B, 15-year lease signed with TensorWave [5]

  11. Three Siemens gas turbines arrive on site [6]

  12. Fermi and TensorWave amend their 222 MW lease to move the closing date from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31, 2026, while a lease guaranty is negotiated [12]

Issues raised

  • Class action filed January 2026 alleges the company overstated tenant demand [4]
  • Former CEO sued the company after his removal [5]
  • Construction about a year behind the IPO timeline, per Cleanview [4]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. Fermi America Project Matador Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus AP1000 Units 1-4, Combined License Application
    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission · government
  2. NRC accepts Fermi America's partial licence application
    World Nuclear News · Sep 9, 2025 · news
  3. Fermi share price craters as tenant pulls back from $150m Texas data center deal
    DCD · Dec 15, 2025 · news
  4. The World's Largest Data Center Is Running Into Trouble
    Cleanview · Apr 2026 · other
  5. Fermi signs $6.5 billion lease for 'world's largest data center' after months of turmoil
    ABC 7 Amarillo · Aug 10, 2026 · news
  6. Project Matador reaches new milestone with arrival of power generation equipment
    ABC 7 Amarillo · Sep 18, 2026 · news
  7. Fermi America Project Matador power station
    Global Energy Monitor · other
  8. Gigawatt Scale Power for Next-Gen AI
    Fermi America · company
  9. Fermi America Executes Electric Service Agreement with Southwestern Public Service Company, a Subsidiary of Xcel Energy, Securing Up to 200 MW of Power
    Fermi America (PR Newswire) · Dec 5, 2025 · company
  10. Carson County approves tax abatement for Fermi America development
    KFDA NewsChannel 10 · Oct 27, 2025 · news
  11. Fermi America Files Second Clean Air Permit Application with TCEQ for 5 GW of Additional Power for Its Project Matador Private Grid
    Fermi America (PR Newswire) · Mar 27, 2026 · company
  12. Fermi and TensorWave Agree to Extend Closing Date to October 31, 2026
    Fermi America (ACCESS Newswire) · Sep 22, 2026 · company
  13. Fermi Announces First Siemens Turbines Arrive at Port of Houston
    Fermi America (ACCESS Newswire) · Jul 21, 2026 · company
  14. Fermi Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results and Delivers on All Five 90-Day Objectives
    Fermi Inc. (Newswire press release) · Aug 13, 2026 · company

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