# Project Matador > Under construction: a data center in Carson County, Texas, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-matador-tx-dc_406fb2a25e6d Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/project-matador-tx-dc_406fb2a25e6d.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Fermi is building a data center in Carson County, Texas (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Permit from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Fermi (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026) - **Site area:** 5,769 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026) - **City:** Amarillo (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Permit from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of Aug 26, 2026) - **County:** Carson (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Permit from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of Aug 26, 2026) - **State:** Texas (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Public Evidence Project: Permit from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of Aug 26, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Community response:** Local opposition reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** Xcel Energy (SPS) (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Mixed sources (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Aug 26, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Government records on file:** 1 (Public Evidence Project: Permit from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as of Aug 6, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Project Matador | Under construction | Not reported | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Project Matador under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Aug 26, 2026) reports it as under construction. ### Who is building Project Matador? Fermi is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### Which carriers serve Project Matador? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Project Matador get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Reported as announced](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fermi-america-acquires-600mw-of-gas-turbines-for-11gw-ai-mega-campus-in-amarillo-texas/). Reported for 2025. - [Construction start reported](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fermi-america-acquires-600mw-of-gas-turbines-for-11gw-ai-mega-campus-in-amarillo-texas/). Reported for 2025. ## Related records - [Fermi Data Center 1](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/fermi-data-center-1-tx-dc_e73dad85fd2e): Same operator - [1102 McKinzie LLC Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/1102-mckinzie-llc-data-center-tx-dc_0127bf1ca258): Same state - [1242 McKinzie LLC Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/1242-mckinzie-llc-data-center-tx-dc_aede5bcddc97): Same state - [3301 Hibbetts Road Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/3301-hibbetts-road-data-center-tx-dc_a9c987c3868f): Same state - [AUS 01 02 03 Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aus-01-02-03-data-center-tx-dc_c2ec9cede7ed): Same state - [AUS02 / Cedar Creek Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aus02-cedar-creek-campus-tx-dc_50d6bbdf6d66): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Public Evidence Project, U.S. Data Center Public Records Dataset, https://publicevidence.org/data/national-data-center-public-records (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fermi-america-acquires-600mw-of-gas-turbines-for-11gw-ai-mega-campus-in-amarillo-texas/) · as of Aug 26, 2026 · record fermi-matador-amarillo-tx - [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/fermi-america-acquires-600mw-of-gas-turbines-for-11gw-ai-mega-campus-in-amarillo-texas/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [PR Newswire (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fermi-america-makes-initial-draw-on-200-million-equipment-facility-from-keystone-national-group-and-cape-commercial-finance-to-accelerate-the-delivery-of-the-first-2-3gw-of-project-matadors-11gw-private-hypergrid-campus-302693111.html) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [PR Newswire (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fermi-america-and-the-state-of-texas-announce-preliminary-approval-for-first-6-gw-of-one-of-the-worlds-largest-clean-natural-gas-facilities-on-project-matadors-11-gw-private-hypergrid-campus-302603582.html) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/large-lwr/col/fermi-energy-intel-campus) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [ANS Nuclear Newswire (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.ans.org/news/2025-09-10/article-7357/fermi-america-looks-to-go-public-as-nrc-accepts-cola-for-ap1000s/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Sierra Club Texas (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.sierraclub.org/texas/blog/2025/12/project-matador-trump-ai-data-center-texas) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Fortune (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://fortune.com/2025/10/10/rick-perry-ai-power-startup-fermi-ipo-zero-revenue/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Fortune (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://fortune.com/2026/04/20/financially-struggling-ai-power-startup-fermi-loses-ceo-reset/) · as of Jul 7, 2026 - [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026 - [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2071778/000121390025094424/ea0252333-11.htm) · as of Aug 26, 2026 - [U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2071778/000121390026070601/ea0295478-defa14a_fermi.htm) · as of Aug 26, 2026 - [Public Evidence Project: Permit from U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission](https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/large-lwr/col/fermi-energy-intel-campus) · as of Aug 6, 2026 · record source-fermi-matador-amarillo-tx - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/project-matador-tx) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 70848482532973 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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