Amarillo, TX – August 21, 2025 — Fermi America, a pioneer in gigawatt-scale private grid infrastructure for hyperscale AI, and Westinghouse Electric Company are collaborating to finalize the Combined Operating License Application (COLA) to deploy four advanced modular AP1000® reactors at Fermi America’s Amarillo hyperscale campus.
Under the agreement, the companies will partner to complete the COLA documentation that was submitted by Fermi America to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on June 17, 2025, and support the review process for approval. In addition, the companies will work together to develop a long-term deployment strategy for the site.
“Fermi’s decision to collaborate with Westinghouse answers President Trump’s call to ‘Make America Nuclear Again,’” noted Fermi America Co-Founder Toby Neugebauer. “Westinghouse sees what we see: being co-located with Pantex — which is overseen by the Department of Energy and has stewarded America’s nuclear arsenal since 1951, in a region known for it’s skilled, hard-working energy labor force who all share the same Friday Night Lights football district, make us a premier place to build safe, new nuclear power.”
“Partnering with Westinghouse, the global leader behind the fully licensed AP1000 design, marks a critical milestone in our project execution,” said Mesut Uzman, Chief Nuclear Construction Officer, Fermi America. “Their technical excellence and proven delivery give us confidence in achieving regulatory clearance and advancing our deployment strategy efficiently and safely.”
“As the only fully licensed, construction-ready advanced modular reactor available today, the AP1000 technology is ready to deliver the power needed to unlock the full potential of next-generation artificial intelligence,” added Dan Lipman, President, Energy Systems, Westinghouse. “We look forward to a productive partnership with Fermi America to bring these AP1000 units online at the pace needed to solidify America’s energy dominance.”
The advanced AP1000 reactor is the only operating Generation III+ reactor with fully passive safety systems, modular construction design and the smallest footprint per MWe on the market. There are six AP1000 reactors currently setting operational performance and availability records worldwide with 14 additional reactors under construction and five more under contract. The AP1000 technology has been selected for nuclear energy programs in Poland, Ukraine and Bulgaria, and is also under consideration at multiple other sites in Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America.