Advanced Energy Campus (Fermi America)

Announced

Fermi America · Carson County, TX

Maintained and reviewed by Malachi Rein, LEED AP BD+CDataset version 2026-09-14

Advanced Energy Campus (Fermi America) in Carson County, TX is planned at 17.0 GW and about $50 billion, and is announced, with a 2027 target as of September 2026. It ranks 1st of 54 tracked US mega projects by planned capacity, 15.6% of the 109.2 GW national total. The capacity figure is developer disclosed; the investment figure is press reported. Confidence is low: the project is proposed without permits, or the capacity is an estimate. Malachi.Energy tracks 12 mega projects in Texas in total.

Planned capacity

17.0 GW

Developer disclosed

Announced investment

$50 billion

Press reported

Status

Announced

As of September 2026

Target year

2027

First load or full build per source

Where the figures come from

Capacity basis: Developer disclosed
Investment basis: Press reported
Confidence: Low: the project is proposed without permits, or the capacity is an estimate.
Counted in headline totals: Yes. The investment figure is not developer-stated campus cost, so it is listed as announced rather than comparable spend.
Primary source: Bisnow, August 2026
Last verified: September 2026, dataset version 2026-09-14. Re-checked at every data refresh.

Basis and confidence definitions are in the directory methodology.

What is known

Project Matador, the Texas panhandle campus now marketed at 17 GW with roughly 6 GW permitted. TensorWave signed a 15-year, $6.5B lease for the first 222 MW building in August 2026, with deliveries staged for the second half of 2027. Satellite imagery through spring 2026 showed land clearing, not vertical construction.

Location

Site: Carson County, TX
Coordinates: 35.30, -101.50
State directory: Data centers in Texas (215 verified facilities)

Other tracked projects in Texas

Data City TexasLaredo, TX, 5.0 GW, proposed
Matrix Data Center CampusSulphur Springs, TX, 3.0 GW, under construction
Google Texas ExpansionHaskell County, TX, 2.0 GW, under construction
Microsoft Pecos (Project Kilby)Pecos, TX, 2.0 GW, announced
Galaxy Digital HeliosDickens County, TX, 1.6 GW, operational
Vantage FrontierAlbany, TX, 1.4 GW, under construction
StargateAbilene, TX, 1.2 GW, operational
Stargate Milam CountyMilam County, TX, 1.2 GW, under construction
Meta El PasoEl Paso, TX, 1.0 GW, under construction
CyrusOne Freestone CountyFreestone County, TX, 760 MW, under construction
Nexus Hubbard (Anthropic)Hubbard, TX, 600 MW, announced

Cite this record

Rein, Malachi (2026). Advanced Energy Campus (Fermi America) (Carson County, TX). In US Data Center Directory, dataset version 2026-09-14. Malachi.Energy. https://malachi.energy/data-centers/projects/fermi-america-carson

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  title = {Advanced Energy Campus (Fermi America) (Carson County, TX)},
  howpublished = {US Data Center Directory, Malachi.Energy},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Dataset version 2026-09-14. Capacity basis: Developer disclosed. Investment basis: Press reported.},
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Figures are planned capacity and announced investment from public filings and reporting, not delivered power or audited spend. Capacity basis: developer disclosed. Investment basis: press reported. Dataset version 2026-09-14. Maintained by Malachi Rein for Malachi.Energy.