Combined-cycle gas
Two generations of power from one unit of fuel, today's firm megawatts, fed by pipelines at the fence.
Project Matador · 7,570 acres
This is what 17 gigawatts looks like.
One of the largest planned energy-and-AI campuses of its kind, rising on the Texas Panhandle beside the Department of Energy’s Pantex plant. Four data-center campuses, 11 GW of gas, 6 GW of nuclear (four AP1000 reactors plus SMRs), plus solar and storage, all behind one private fence.
See the master plan ↓Campus Technology
The campus is the power plant.
Most data centers rent power from a grid that can’t grow fast enough. Fermi builds the generation and the load together, on the same 7,570 acres, behind one private 345 kV bus, so the place and the machines are a single system. Below: the master plan, the machines, and the ramp that bring it online.
- 17 GWGas · nuclear · solar · storage
- 15M ft²AI data centers, fed behind the meter
- Q1 2027First power, targeted
The master plan
Every gigawatt, every acre, every corridor.
The full Project Matador layout, four data-center campuses, 11 GW of gas, 6 GW of nuclear, solar, and the private infrastructure corridors that feed them. Flip between the schematic and the real satellite plan, tap any parcel for detail, and toggle the infrastructure layers.
7,570
total acres
11 GW
gas turbines
6 GW
nuclear (AP1000 + SMR)
15M ft²
data centers
Engaged with established institutions
- Westinghouse AP1000 licensing
- NRC · COL application filed
- Adjacent to DOE Pantex
- Texas Tech University System ground lease
Now look closer · the machines
Four sources. One bus. Fifteen data centers.
Every class of equipment in the plan is proven: combined-cycle gas turbines, AP1000 reactors, utility-scale solar, and grid batteries are all in commercial service today at sites around the world. Power is designed to flow from the generation fleet through a private 345 kV bus into the data centers, behind the meter; a modest ~200 MW tie to Xcel provides backup and start-up support, but the public grid is not built to carry the campus load.
The HyperGrid · behind the meter
17.017.0 GW
Planned generation
6 GW
Texas (TCEQ) air permit issued
6 GW issued
Texas (TCEQ) air permit
1.5 GW staged
By end of 2027
Q1 2027
First power, targeted
1st in 15 yrs
NRC combined license accepted
The fleet
Each machine has a job.
AP1000 nuclear
Designed for passive safety and low-carbon baseload for decades, with roughly 72 hours of passive cooling per the AP1000 design. Four units filed with the NRC (license under review).
Solar
The Panhandle's cheapest energy, every daylight hour on the campus.
Storage
Batteries answer in milliseconds, riding through every training-load step.
The gas fleet
Three proven turbines.
Up to 11 GW of natural gas isn't one machine. It's three battle-tested models, staged in waves so megawatts land on a construction schedule.
6 units · 50–62 MW each
Siemens SGT-800
Millions of fleet hours worldwide. The first six landed at the Port of Houston; six more are financed for 2028, roughly the first gigawatt.
3 units · ~1.1 GW combined-cycle
F-class · SGT6-5000F
Heavy-duty F-class machines run in combined cycle, two generations of power from one unit of fuel, for the firm baseload tier.
3 units · 114 MW simple · 200+ MW CC
GE Frame 6B
Refurbished workhorses, fast to stage and proven for decades, early megawatts on the ground while the larger fleet arrives.
Concept renders · models per Fermi disclosures
The ramp
Capacity, on a schedule.
Nothing here waits on an interconnection queue. The turbines are bought, financed, and staged.
Q1 2027
200 MW · first power
1.5GW
End of 2027
2GW
2028
17GW
Up to, at full build
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