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Fermi America HyperGrid/ Project Matador

Fermi's current materials document site progress and a planned private-energy campus intended to serve hyperscale AI and advanced computing. The NRC reactor application is under review rather than a reactor operating license; the 11,000-17,000 MW remains generation/project context, and no reviewed source establishes data-center IT load, energized capacity, workload allocation, measured water use, or public funding.

Under constructionconfirmedHigh concern

Site Snapshot

Location
Amarillo, Carson County, Texas
Operator / sponsor
Fermi America and Texas Tech
Status / stage
Under construction · under construction
Scale
11,000-17,000 MW reported; Mega campus (>1,000 MW); 18,000,000 sq ft; 5769 acres; expected online 2026
Reported project context; confirm whether any MW figure is requested, approved, energized, IT load, generation, or ultimate buildout before comparing it with another record.Capacity reading: Project-scale context · MW type not established · Proposed floor area · Site area · Target online date

Compute Workload

This panel tracks what the facility is for without assuming that every project is AI training, inference, or cloud capacity.

Undisclosed / unknownUnknown

No source-backed workload, customer, hardware, or training/inference allocation is attached to this record yet.

Workload classification remains unknown in the reviewed record.

Public Money

No public funding record attached yet. Local subsidy, tax-abatement, land, bond, and utility records need follow-up.

Water

Fermi says Project Matador will pay twice the standard Amarillo municipal water rate and build water infrastructure at its own cost; the source does not establish a measured withdrawal, final service quantity, or operating use.

Source links for this fieldactionnetwork.orgOur Water Is Not For Sale Protect Ogallalla AquiferPR NewswireFermi America Tells Texas Lawmakers Project Matador Will Push the Frontier of AI Compute While Setting a New Standard for Water StewardshipData Center DynamicsFermi America Acquires 600mw Of Gas Turbines For 11gw AI Mega Campus In Amarillo TexasData Center DynamicsFormer Texas Governor And U.S. Energy Sec Plans 11gw Data Center Campus Outside Amarillo Texas

Power

Source reviewed September 9, 2026: Fermi's current progress materials describe Project Matador as a planned private power and AI campus projected at 17 GW, with approximately 2 GW of secured long-lead gas-generation assets. The NRC records a partially submitted, docketed combined-license application for four AP1000 reactors, with remaining licensing milestones unresolved. The dataset's 11,000-17,000 MW remains planned private-power/generation and campus context, not confirmed data-center IT load or energized capacity.

Source links for this fieldData Center DynamicsFermi America Acquires 600mw Of Gas Turbines For 11gw AI Mega Campus In Amarillo Texasfinance.yahoo.comAI Power Darling Fermi Implodes 185100893Fermi America Investor RelationsInvestor Relations — Project Matador site progress and 17 GW private grid overviewData Center DynamicsFormer Texas Governor And U.S. Energy Sec Plans 11gw Data Center Campus Outside Amarillo Texas

Bloom / Fuel Cells

No fuel-cell or Bloom Energy source is attached to this project yet.

NDA / Secrecy

No NDA reported

Missing NDA / secrecy, Public moneyFields with source leads: Water, Power
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Sources and Leads

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Data Center DynamicsFermi America Acquires 600mw Of Gas Turbines For 11gw AI Mega Campus In Amarillo TexasData Center DynamicsFormer Texas Governor And U.S. Energy Sec Plans 11gw Data Center Campus Outside Amarillo TexasData Center DynamicsFermi Westinghouse To Finalize Licensing Application For Nuclear Reactors At 11gw AI Campus In Amarillo Texasmynews13.comFermi Data Centerfinance.yahoo.comAI Power Darling Fermi Implodes 185100893fermiamerica.comfermiamerica.com sourceData Center DynamicsFermi Taps Hillcore To Construct 26gw Gas Plant For Up To 11gw Project Matador In Amarillo Texasactionnetwork.orgOur Water Is Not For Sale Protect Ogallalla Aquiferfermiamerica.comProject Matador 2026 Site ProgressPR NewswireFermi America Tells Texas Lawmakers Project Matador Will Push the Frontier of AI Compute While Setting a New Standard for Water StewardshipFermi America Investor RelationsInvestor Relations — Project Matador site progress and 17 GW private grid overviewU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionFermi America Project Matador AP1000 Units 1-4 Combined License ApplicationFracTracker AllianceOpen U.S. Data Centers TrackerArcGIS source rowFermi America HyperGrid/ Project Matador dataset attributes