· Precursor
Fermi's trade consultant drafts a foreign-trade subzone request for the campus
A request dated July 23, 2025, sent on behalf of Fermi SPE, LLC by a trade consultancy to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board, asked for a special-purpose subzone of about 988.78 acres in Carson County. The attached application form is marked "DRAFT - POWER GENERATION" and notes grantee actions still in process. The City of Amarillo, grantee of FTZ 252, later posted the packet on its Fermi page; the Board docketed the City's application on March 11, 2026.[1][2]
Fermi America (Fermi, Inc.)
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
Fermi SPE, LLC (through its trade consultant): The July 23, 2025 request, sent on behalf of Fermi SPE, LLC, proposed a 988.78-acre subzone and said the merchandise to be imported would include chillers, cooling towers, battery banks, diesel generators, transformers, air handling units, electrical components and servers. It stated that Fermi would assume all costs of operating the subzone and that no public funding had been requested. Its job figures (up to 7,400 at peak construction; 1,000-1,200 permanent) are company projections.[1]
- Subzone acres
- 988.78
- Peak construction jobs
- 7,400
- Permanent jobs low
- 1,000
- Permanent jobs high
- 1,200