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Fermi America HyperGrid

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The most ambitious (and most troubled) Texas project: an 11 GW "HyperGrid" combining America's largest planned nuclear complex with gas, solar, and storage next to Pantex. Targets keep slipping and satellite trackers show little vertical construction.

11.0 GWPlanned power
Developer
Fermi America (co-founded by Rick Perry) + Texas Tech University System
Owner
Fermi America (NASDAQ-listed)
Tenant
TensorWave (TensorWave TEX1 LLC)
Power detail
Up to 11 GW planned (later pitched at 17 GW). Company target RESTATED Jul 21, 2026: ramp to "approximately 1.5 gigawatts through 2027," subject to entering into binding tenant agreements, replacing the first-1-GW-by-late-2026 target this record carried (the release does not say the 2026 target was formally abandoned). Phase 1 = six Siemens SGT-800s; phase 2 = three SGT6-5000F units (up to 260 MW each in simple cycle, 780 MW combined, 40 MW/minute ramp rate) delivered to the Port of Houston Jul 21, 2026
Power source
Hybrid: ~6 GW natural gas + 4 GW nuclear (AP1000) + solar/wind + grid + BESS
Cooling
TBD (MVM EGI MoU)
Compute
N/A: powered-shell + energy campus
Construction start
2025 (geotech/site grading; first phase claimed complete)
Est. completion
~1.5 GW through 2027 (company target restated Jul 21, 2026), subject to binding tenant agreements; first AP1000 reactor ~Apr 2031
Grid strategy
Off-grid
County
Carson, Potter
Nearest city
Amarillo (adjacent to DOE Pantex plant)
Announced
2025-06-26