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Fermi America (Fermi, Inc.)
Fermi Inc., which operates as Fermi America, is a Texas corporation formed in January 2025 to develop Project Matador, a private-grid power and data-center campus on land leased from the Texas Tech University System in Carson County, northeast of Amarillo. It was co-founded by former Gov. Rick Perry, Toby Neugebauer and Griffin Perry, and its stock has traded on Nasdaq (FRMI) since October 1, 2025, with a secondary listing in London. Its co-founder and first CEO was removed in April 2026 and Lee McIntire became CEO on August 11, 2026. As of June 30, 2026 the company had no revenue, and its filings describe substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern, which management says its plans alleviate. Its first data-center lease, with TensorWave, had a closing deadline of October 31, 2026.
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- Commitment
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- Plan
- What a party says it intends to build or do; it may change.
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- Company statement
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What it plans in Amarillo
- Planned computing space
- Fermi's stated planned data-center floor space differs across documents.
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- Figures by source
- 18 million square feet · Texas Tech University System announcement, June 20251
- up to 30 million square feet · NRC notice of intent for the environmental review, March 2026 (describing the campus)2
- approximately 15 million square feet · Fermi 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 20263
Schedule
- First tenant delivery
- Under the TensorWave lease, target delivery dates run from the end of 2027 for the network hall to January 1, 2028 (data halls 1-2) and February 1, 2028 (data halls 3-4), with rent credits if late and a tenant termination right past an outside date. 3CommitmentpendingBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
Money
- IPO
- Fermi priced its IPO on September 30, 2025 at $21.00 per share. The prospectus offered 32,500,000 shares ($682,500,000); with the underwriters' option exercised in full, the offering completed October 2, 2025 totaled 37,375,000 shares and $784,875,000 in gross proceeds. Lead book-runners were UBS Investment Bank, Evercore ISI, Cantor and Mizuho. The 10-K reports $745.6 million from the IPO net of underwriting discounts and commissions.
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- Figures by source
- 32,500,000 shares; $682.5 million · Base offering in the prospectus, before the over-allotment option6,9
- 37,375,000 shares; $784,875,000 gross · Completed offering including the 4,875,000-share option exercised in full7
- Net loss, 2025$486.4 million
- Fermi reported a net loss of $486.4 million for January 10 through December 31, 2025, with no revenue. Non-cash items included $173.8 million for a charitable contribution of Class B units to a nonprofit, $132.7 million of share-based compensation and $111.6 million of fair-value losses. 8As of Mar 30, 2026
- Net loss, first half 2026$214.5 million (6 months)
- Fermi reported a net loss of $214.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026 ($25.8 million in the second quarter) and had generated no revenue. 3As of Jun 30, 2026
- Balance sheet, June 30, 2026
- At June 30, 2026 Fermi reported total assets of $1,763.1 million (including $1,547.9 million of property, plant and equipment, mostly construction in progress), cash of $62.5 million plus $29.2 million restricted cash, total liabilities of $731.5 million and debt of $536.9 million before issuance costs. At December 31, 2025 cash was $408.5 million and total assets $1,413.3 million. 3As of Jun 30, 2026The filing states these figures in thousands.
- Debt by facility
- Debt at June 30, 2026 was the MUFG turbine warehouse equipment financing ($444.9 million, maturing 2027), the high-voltage equipment financing ($77.3 million, 2031) and the Turbine Warehouse II financing ($14.7 million of a $165 million facility, 2028). The Macquarie term loan ($149.0 million at year-end 2025) had been repaid. In July 2026 Fermi added $431.25 million of 5.00% convertible notes due 2031. 3,10,11As of Aug 14, 2026
- Capital spent$626.2 million (H1 2026)
- Fermi reported $626.2 million of investment in property, plant and equipment in the first half of 2026 for early-stage development of Project Matador, and construction in progress of $1,539.2 million at June 30, 2026 (from $929.4 million at December 31, 2025). 3As of Jun 30, 2026
- Phase 0-1 capital need> $3 billion (Phases 0-1)
- Fermi estimates that incremental capital spending to complete Phases 0 and 1 of Project Matador "could exceed $3 billion in the aggregate," about $2 billion of it within twelve months, and says completing Phase 1 will require capital beyond what is currently available. It says spending for later phases is difficult to estimate. 8,3Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-K for 2025; Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
- Going-concern language
- Fermi's June 30, 2026 10-Q says its cash, restricted cash and July 2026 note proceeds "are not sufficient to satisfy the Company's financial obligations as they become due within one year," which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern before considering management's plans. Management concluded its plans (undrawn equipment financing, possible equipment sales, and sequencing spending to tenant leases and project financing) alleviate that doubt; the filing says there is no guarantee they will succeed. 3Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
Electricity
- Hillcore framework
- Under an August 11, 2026 framework agreement, Hillcore Energy Capital Corporation (Alberta) intends to finance, build, own and operate up to about 2.6 GW of gas, solar and battery generation on about 400 subleased acres, with Fermi buying power on a take-or-pay basis for at least 50% of tenant demand. Definitive documents were due within 90 days; none was reported as of October 25, 2026. 3,12PlanpendingBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
- Gas turbines
- Fermi acquired six Siemens SGT-800 turbines from MAD Energy (the "Firebird Acquisition"), which arrived at the Port of Houston in February 2026; signed a January 28, 2026 agreement with Siemens Energy for three SGT6-5000F (F-class) turbines, paying Siemens $201.6 million through the MUFG facility; and agreed in October 2025 to buy six more SGT-800s for delivery in 2028. Phase 1 also lists three refurbished GE 6B turbines (about 114 MW). 8,3Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-K for 2025; Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
- Nuclear partners
- Fermi has applied to the NRC for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors and on October 27, 2025 announced agreements for engineering support and long-lead materials for AP1000 units. Hyundai Engineering & Construction completed a front-end engineering design study for the nuclear component in July 2026, and Fermi has a forging-readiness agreement with Doosan Enerbility. Fermi estimates a five-year construction cycle for the first 1 GW reactor once licensed. No construction contract has been reported. 8,3Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-K for 2025; Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
- Mobile generation lease
- Fermi leases seven GE TM2500 mobile units (about 132 MW) from Mobile Power Solutions. An April 13, 2026 amendment moved pick-up of all seven to July 1 – September 30, 2027, because lease commencement conditions had not been met. 8,3As of Aug 14, 2026
- Planned generation
- Fermi says the 5,236-acre leased site is designed for up to 11 GW of generation and that an expanded campus of about 8,400 acres could support up to about 17 GW, subject to land closings and more TCEQ air permits. It describes phases: Phase 1 (grid power under the SPS agreement, mobile units and initial gas turbines, with tenant readiness expected as early as the first half of 2027); Phase 2 (about 2.5 GW of gas generation as soon as the end of 2028); Phase 3 (the first 1 GW Westinghouse reactor); Phase 4 (additional reactors). 8,3Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-K for 2025; Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
Natural gas
- Gas supplyup to ~300,000 MMBtu/day
- Fermi announced October 9, 2025 firm natural gas supply arrangements with Energy Transfer for Phase 1, with provisions contemplating up to about 300,000 MMBtu per day over time, subject to conditions, pipeline infrastructure and credit support. Rick Perry has been an Energy Transfer director since January 2020, per the proxy statement. 8,4Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-K for 2025), Mar 30, 2026The filings reviewed do not identify the Energy Transfer arrangement as a related-party transaction.
Jobs
- Employees35 full-time (Dec. 31, 2025)
- Fermi reported 35 full-time employees as of December 31, 2025.8As of Dec 31, 2025The filings reviewed give no employee count for 2026. The company's projections of permanent jobs at build-out are covered on the Project Matador profile.
People, tenants and partners
- Entities on local agreements
- Different Fermi entities sign different local documents: the City's non-binding MOU names Fermi America, Inc. (a Delaware company) and the water supply agreement names Fermi, Inc.; the TCEQ air permits are held by Fermi Equipment Holdco, LLC; the foreign-trade subzone was approved for Fermi, Inc., after a 2025 draft request on behalf of Fermi SPE, LLC; the NRC environmental review notice names Fermi America LLC; the TensorWave lease landlord is Fermi Campus 1 LLC; and the Carson County groundwater leases are held by Fermi Water, LLC. 13,14,15,16,17,2,3As of Aug 14, 2026The filings reviewed describe the Texas Tech University System lease as entered by "the Company" and do not name the lessee entity (see gaps).
- Co-foundersRick Perry, Toby Neugebauer, Griffin Perry
- Fermi's IPO prospectus names its co-founders as Rick Perry, former Texas governor and U.S. Energy Secretary; Toby Neugebauer; and Griffin Perry, an energy investor and co-founder of Grey Rock Energy Partners. 6,4As of Sep 30, 2025
- Board of directors6 directors (4 independent)
- As of the October 2, 2026 proxy statement, the board has six directors: Marius Haas (independent chairman since April 20, 2026), Lee McIntire (CEO), Larry Kellerman (Chief Power Officer), Rick Perry, Jeffrey S. Stein and Cordel Robbin-Coker. The board determined Perry, Haas, Robbin-Coker and Stein are independent. The board is classified; Perry and Stein are the Class I nominees at the October 30, 2026 meeting. 4As of Oct 2, 2026
- Chief executive
- Toby Neugebauer was CEO from the company's founding until April 17, 2026, when the board removed him as CEO and created an Interim Office of the CEO (COO Jacobo Ortiz Blanes and Anna Bofa as co-presidents). On April 30, 2026 his employment was terminated for cause and he was removed from the board; he disputes the termination. Lee McIntire, a director since September 2025, became CEO on August 11, 2026, at a base salary of $750,000 plus a $3,000,000 restricted stock unit grant. 18,19,20,3,21As of Aug 14, 2026
- Chief financial officer
- CFO Miles Everson resigned effective April 19, 2026 (without "Good Reason" under his agreement). He had joined the board April 17, 2026 as a designee of a Neugebauer family trust and resigned from the board July 10, 2026, citing a dispute over access to books and records and the board's delegation of financing oversight to a finance committee, which the company disputes. Robert L. Masson became interim CFO April 29, 2026 and CFO effective July 22, 2026. 22,23,24,4As of Oct 2, 2026
- Other executive officers
- Officers appointed effective July 22, 2026 were George Wentz (General Counsel), Anna Bofa (Chief Commercial Officer) and Jacobo Ortiz Blanes (Chief Operating Officer). The April 2026 10-K/A also lists Larry Kellerman (Head of Power), Mesut Uzman (Chief Nuclear Construction Officer) and Charlie Hamilton (Chief Site Development Officer). 3,25As of Aug 14, 2026
- 2026 board changes
- Jeffrey S. Stein joined the board April 19, 2026. Larry Kellerman was elected May 4, 2026 to fill Neugebauer's seat, nominated under the director nomination agreement by an entity Neugebauer controls. Under that September 30, 2025 agreement, three founder holders each may designate one director while they keep more than half of their IPO-time holdings. 22,26,4As of Oct 2, 2026The proxy gives Stein's start as both "April 2025" and "2026"; the April 20, 2026 8-K dates his appointment April 19, 2026.
- First tenant lease222 MW; ~$6.5 billion over 15 years
- On August 9, 2026 Fermi Campus 1 LLC signed a 15-year lease with TensorWave TEX1, LLC for a build-to-suit data center of about 311,496 square feet on about 250 acres, with 222 MW of facility power, expected to yield about $6.5 billion in contracted revenue; an expansion option would raise the total to 650 MW. Effectiveness depends on conditions including guaranties, board approvals and project-level financing. The closing date was extended to October 31, 2026; as of October 25, 2026 no filing reported that it had closed. 3,27,28,12CommitmentpendingBy Fermi Inc. (Form 10-Q, Q2 2026; press release September 22, 2026), Oct 25, 2026
- AMD credit support
- Fermi said on October 13, 2026 that AMD signed a credit support agreement supporting the 222 MW phase-one lease, and a partnership framework for possible expansion to 650 MW. The amount and term were not disclosed. 29,28Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (press release, October 13, 2026), Oct 13, 2026
- Earlier prospective tenant
- An unnamed investment-grade prospective tenant that had agreed November 3, 2025 to advance up to $150 million for construction terminated that agreement in December 2025 with no funds drawn, Fermi's December 12, 2025 8-K says. 30endedAs of Dec 12, 2025
Company record and legal
- Legal name and formFermi Inc. (Texas corporation)
- Fermi Inc. is a Texas corporation. It was formed as Fermi LLC, a Texas limited liability company, on January 10, 2025, and converted to a corporation on September 30, 2025, in connection with its IPO. It operates as "Fermi America," a trademark it lists in its 10-K. 8,12,5As of Mar 30, 2026
- Headquarters
- Fermi's filings list two different principal executive offices over time. The 10-K and 8-Ks filed through August 14, 2026 list 620 S. Taylor St., Suite 301, Amarillo; 8-Ks from August 31, 2026, the October 2, 2026 proxy statement and EDGAR's company record list 1845 Woodall Rodgers Fwy., Suite 1100, Dallas. Bisnow reported in April 2026 that Fermi was opening a Dallas headquarters.
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- Figures by source
- 620 S. Taylor St., Suite 301, Amarillo, TX 79101 · Principal executive office in the 10-K (March 30, 2026) and 8-Ks through August 14, 20268,20
- 1845 Woodall Rodgers Fwy., Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75201 · Principal executive office in 8-Ks from August 31, 2026 and the October 2, 2026 proxy31,11,4,12
- Stock listingsNasdaq: FRMI; LSE: FRMI
- Fermi's common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol FRMI and has a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange, also under FRMI. Trading on Nasdaq began October 1, 2025. 8,6,9As of Mar 30, 2026
- Subsidiaries (10-K)14 listed
- Exhibit 21.1 to the 2025 10-K lists 14 subsidiaries: Fermi SPE LLC, Fermi Equipment Holdco LLC, Fermi Campus 1 LLC and Carson County Investments LLC (Delaware), and Fermi Nuclear, Firebird Equipment Holdco, Fermi Services, Fermi Gas 1, Fermi Mobile Gen, Fermi Construction, Fermi Water, Fermi Warehouse, Fermi High Voltage Warehouse and Fermi Turbine Warehouse (Texas LLCs). It also lists "Fermi America" with its jurisdiction marked "Confidential." Fermi Turbine Warehouse II LLC was formed in 2026. 33,8As of Mar 30, 2026
- Tax status
- Fermi's IPO prospectus said it intended to be taxed as a real estate investment trust starting with 2025. In July 2026 it said it had deferred the REIT election, was taxed as a C corporation for 2025, and expects to be taxed as a C corporation at least through 2026. 6,34,3Company statementBy Fermi Inc. (Form 8-K, July 9, 2026; Form 10-Q, Q2 2026), Aug 14, 2026
- Lawsuits (as disclosed)
- Fermi discloses: a putative securities class action over IPO-era statements (S.D.N.Y., filed January 5, 2026); the former CEO's Texas Business Court suit over bylaws and a special meeting (filed May 1, 2026); a broker-commission suit over the turbine purchase (Texas Business Court; motion to dismiss denied August 11, 2026), seeking at least $5.985 million; a suit by Bayonne Plant Holding over equipment removal in New Jersey seeking at least about $8.5 million; and a July 27, 2026 suit by two former consultants over reclaimed units, seeking more than $415 million. Fermi says it will defend each. 3,4As of Oct 2, 2026The 10-Q states the two smaller amounts in thousands ($5,985 and $8,500); the dollar conversions are ours. Plaintiffs who are private individuals are not named here.
- Federal document requests
- Fermi received a July 30, 2026 subpoena from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for documents on Project Matador, the company and certain former managers, and an August 3, 2026 voluntary document request from the SEC. No charges or findings were reported. 3As of Aug 14, 2026
Related parties
Developer of Project Matador; Texas corporation; Nasdaq and LSE: FRMI8
Landowner; 99-year ground lease to Fermi (5,236 acres held or to be held)3
TensorWave Inc. / TensorWave TEX1, LLC
First tenant under a signed lease (222 MW) that had not closed as of October 25, 20263,27
AMD
Credit support for the TensorWave phase-one lease (per Fermi)29
Hillcore Energy Capital Corporation
Framework to build, own and operate up to about 2.6 GW of generation on site3
Siemens Energy
Gas turbine supplier (SGT-800 and SGT6-5000F)8
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Energy Transfer
Natural gas supply for Phase 1 (per Fermi)8
Southwestern Public Service Co. (Xcel Energy)
Electric service agreement for up to 200 MW of grid power8
Westinghouse; Hyundai Engineering & Construction; Doosan Enerbility
Nuclear reactor design, front-end engineering and forgings (per Fermi)8,3
Mobile Power Solutions LLC
Lessor of seven GE TM2500 mobile generating units3
Storylines
- Project Matador: Texas Tech land lease, county incentives and state and federal permits (2025-2026)46 events naming Fermi America
- City of Amarillo water supply agreement with Fermi America (2025-2026)14 events naming Fermi America
- CRMWA II: the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority's proposed second groundwater pipeline (2012-2038)1 event naming Fermi America
Events
- Texas Tech University System signs a 99-year ground lease with a Fermi subsidiary
- Fermi files the first part of an NRC combined license application for four AP1000 reactors
- Texas Tech University System and Fermi America announce the campus
- City issues letter of intent on water delivery for the Fermi campus
- Fermi's trade consultant drafts a foreign-trade subzone request for the campus
- TCEQ receives Fermi's air permit application for a gas-fired power plant
- Texas Tech lease amended: site reduced to 4,523 acres plus a 713-acre federal tract
- NRC accepts the first two parts of Fermi's license application for review
- CRMWA general manager briefs the Amarillo City Council on water supply and the planned 70-mile pipeline
- Council meets in executive session on the Fermi water supply agreement
- City and Fermi America sign a non-binding MOU describing up to 10 MGD
- Fermi begins trading on Nasdaq after its initial public offering
- Council members respond to questions about Fermi's reported letter of intent
- Council approves the Fermi water supply agreement on first reading
- Councilmember Prescott publishes water-use calculations for the Fermi agreement
- Carson County commissioners approve a phased tax abatement for Fermi, 5-0
- Council approves the Fermi water supply agreement 4-1 on second reading
- City and Fermi, Inc. sign the water supply agreement
- TCEQ publishes notice of its preliminary decision on Fermi's air permit
- Panhandle ISD trustees approve an FTZ revenue-loss indemnity agreement with Fermi
- Texas Tech lease terms show groundwater rights conveyed to Fermi
- TCEQ holds a public meeting in Panhandle on Fermi's air permit
- Fermi announces an electric service agreement with Southwestern Public Service (Xcel Energy)
- Fermi's first prospective tenant ends a $150 million construction-funding agreement
- Putative securities class action filed against Fermi over its IPO disclosures
- Fermi confirms construction at the site is paused pending the air permit
- Fermi closes turbine financing with MUFG; further equipment loans follow
- TCEQ commissioners take up hearing requests on Fermi's air permit; permit reported approved
- City of Amarillo applies for a foreign-trade subzone for Fermi's Panhandle site
- NRC announces an environmental impact statement and scoping for the reactors
- Fermi says it filed a second air permit application with TCEQ
- Fermi reports groundwater leases and on-site water pipeline in earnings update
- Texas Tech University System and Fermi sign a collaboration agreement; Fermi to prepay rent
- Fermi's CEO steps down; Texas Tech System says it is discussing lease milestone extensions
- Former CEO sues Fermi and several directors in Texas Business Court
- Fermi responds to opposition comments on the City's foreign-trade subzone application
- Fermi notifies the FTZ Board of proposed power-plant production activity
- Former CEO's group files materials seeking a special shareholder meeting; Fermi opposes
- NRC confirms receipt of Fermi's applicant-prepared draft environmental impact statement
- Fermi issues $431.25 million of convertible senior notes due 2031
- Fermi receives a federal court subpoena and an SEC document request about Project Matador
- Governor Abbott directs an audit of data centers seeking ERCOT grid connections
- Fermi announces a 15-year lease with TensorWave at Project Matador
- Fermi names a new CEO and signs a framework for a third party to build 2.6 GW of generation
- TCEQ cancels an August 24 public meeting on a second set of Fermi air permits
- Fermi's second-quarter 2026 reports describe on-site water lines and groundwater leases
- FTZ Board approves Subzone 252B for Fermi's Panhandle site
- City reports Fermi's July 2026 water use at 310,000 gallons (386th among top users)
- Fermi reports its first gas turbines delivered to the Project Matador site
- Fermi and TensorWave extend the lease closing date to October 31, 2026
- Fermi agreement raised at the FY2026/27 budget hearing on water and sewer fees
- NRC publishes the draft environmental impact statement for four reactors; comments due November 23
- Fermi announces an AMD credit support agreement for the TensorWave phase-one lease
- Fermi amends its MUFG turbine loan to remove the November 10 400 MW lease covenant
- Fermi's first annual shareholder meeting (scheduled)
- Extended closing date for the TensorWave lease
- Fermi's third-quarter 2026 results release (scheduled)
- Fermi's scheduled third-quarter 2026 results release
- Comment deadline on the NRC draft environmental impact statement for the reactors
- Deadline for Texas Tech's notice to proceed and Fermi's $9 million lease escrow
- Deadline for Fermi to complete and dedicate the water improvements
Not public, or not found
- Market capitalization and current share price. Checked: 10-K and 10-Q cover pages (no market-value figure), proxy statement, 8-Ks; only the convertible conversion price and the former CEO's percentage-decline claims (advocacy) were found
- Which Fermi entity is the lessee under the Texas Tech University System ground lease. Checked: 10-K, 10-Q Q2 2026 lease note (both say "the Company"), Exhibit 21.1
- Whether the TensorWave lease closed by October 31, 2026. Checked: EDGAR filing list through October 22, 2026 (no 8-K after October 16), web search for October 2026 news
- Third-quarter 2026 financial results. Checked: EDGAR (no 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026); release scheduled November 12, 2026
- Status of the securities class action after June 30, 2026 (lead plaintiff, consolidated complaint, motions). Checked: 10-Q Q2 2026, DEF 14A (the proxy's legal section covers only the former CEO's suit)
- Whether Hillcore definitive documents were signed within the 90-day window. Checked: EDGAR 8-Ks through October 16, 2026
- Outcome of the former CEO's special-meeting solicitation (whether requests reached 50%). Checked: Fermi DEFC14A, 10-Q Q2 2026, DEF 14A, Neugebauer PX14A6G; none reports a final count
- Employee count in 2026. Checked: 10-Q Q2 2026, DEF 14A