Project Matador (HyperGrid campus)

Fermi America

Status: In development
Developer / parties: Fermi America
Location: Amarillo area, Carson County
Size: 4 proposed AP1000 reactors under NRC review; reactors 'would provide 4 GWs' of baseload power and campus may include ~11 GW total generation and up to 30M sq ft of computing space (NRC, Federal Register); four AP1000s 'totalling 4.4 GWe' within a planned 17 GWe campus (NEI Magazine, citing Fermi); first Siemens Energy gas turbines arrived on site (Fermi, via CRO)
Last verified: 2026-10-03

Milestones

Figures are attributed in parentheses to the outlet or company that reported them. Where sources disagree, we show both.

Jun 17 2025 COL application initial submittal
Sep 5 2025 NRC acceptance letter
Mar 20 2026 NRC notice of intent to prepare EIS, scoping comments due Apr 20 2026 (Federal Register)
Sep 28 2026 NAES selected to operate gas turbine fleet (CRO)
nuclear construction slated to begin 2031 (NEI Magazine, Mar 17 2026). Current NRC docket status not re-checked: nrc.gov blocked our fetchers

Related records

2026-03-20

Federal filing Official record Carson County · Project Matador (HyperGrid campus)

Federal Register: NRC intends to prepare EIS for Fermi America's four-unit AP1000 COL application; scoping comments due Apr 20 2026.

Source: govinfo.gov ↗

Sources

Official record govinfo.gov
News report constructionreviewonline.com
News report neimagazine.com

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