The power behind AI.
Every question you ask an AI runs through warehouses of processors that draw electricity the way a city does. Fermi builds the power to feed them — on its own land, behind its own fence, without raiding the neighborhood's supply.
Why the grid can't feed it.
AI runs on electricity, and the machines that run it are arriving faster than America can build power lines. New grid connections now wait three to seven years, against a projected 45 GW shortfall. If every AI campus plugs into the grid you already use, everyone competes for the same electrons — and prices rise for households first.
Build the power and the data center together.
Fermi's answer is to build the power plant and the data center on the same land, behind the same fence, so AI gets fed without pulling from the public grid. The math is simple. Our campus is the platform. Power is the product.
Next door to the most secure ground in America.
The campus borders the Department of Energy's Pantex Plant — a region built around clearances, restricted airspace, and a workforce fluent in nuclear-grade safety. Project Matador brings construction jobs, operations careers, and tax base to the Texas Panhandle.
Because thinking takes energy — even for machines.
One large AI campus can need as much power as millions of homes. Rather than ask the grid to absorb that, Fermi generates it on site — gas first, then nuclear, solar, and storage — so the lights stay on for everyone and the AI era gets built in America.
Good to know.
Fermi's power is generated behind the meter for its own campus — it does not draw from the public grid, which is the whole point. Building dedicated generation is designed to keep AI demand from competing with households for grid power.
The site sits beside the DOE Pantex complex in a region long built around nuclear-grade safety culture, restricted airspace, and federal oversight. Air, water, and nuclear activities are federally permitted.
Yes — construction jobs now and skilled operations roles as generation comes online, plus tax base for the Amarillo region. See the Fermi newsroom for hiring updates.
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