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Fermi America HyperGrid (Project Matador)

Fermi America HyperGrid is an announced AI data center campus. 11 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Under construction · Private land · SPP · Amarillo, Texas, United States


Capacity: announced vs energized

Announced
11 GW
claimed
Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
2.30 GW
claimed
Energized
0 GW
reported

Announced-to-energized gap: 11 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

Fermi America HyperGrid (Project Matador) capacity claims
Source
Announced11 GW2025-06-26claimedpress release
Energized0 GW2026-08-17reportedjournalist report
Under construction2.30 GW2026-01-01claimedpress release

The deal

developer
Fermi America (Fermi Inc) · Developer/owner; co-founded by former US Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Publicly traded on Nasdaq.
developer
Texas Tech University System · Partner in the HyperGrid campus.
financier
Keystone National Group / Cape Commercial Finance · $200M equipment financing facility.
grid operator
SPP · Amarillo/Texas Panhandle sits in SPP territory; however the campus is designed behind-the-meter on a private grid, cutting out utilities.

Power

Power source
mixed
Grid operator
SPP
Interconnection

Advanced nuclear reactors (four ~1 GW units), 4 GW nuclear, Permitted. NRC reviewing applications for four 1-GW reactors per external reporting; unbuilt. Largest nuclear component of the campus.

Combined-cycle natural gas plant, gas, Under construction. Described as the nation's biggest combined-cycle gas project; anchors near-term power (first 1 GW by late 2026).

Solar + battery energy storage (BESS), solar storage, Announced. Solar, wind and BESS integrated into behind-the-meter HyperGrid; capacities not itemized.

Financial structure

Keystone/Cape equipment facility
up to $200M. Equipment financing facility from Keystone National Group and Cape Commercial Finance to accelerate first 2.3 GW press release
Site buildout invested to date
$1.4B press release
Nasdaq IPO proceeds
$683M sec filing

Sources

10010870-fc71-428e-b78e-66f972d37c33 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.