Jurisdiction: US — Texas (ERCOT)
~5,800-acre campus on Texas Tech University System land adjacent to the Pantex plant, east of Amarillo, TX; coordinates approximate to Pantex vicinity
Methodology prs-v0.1 · computed · trigger: manual
Each factor below contributed to the current score. Contributions are rubric weights from methodology prs-v0.1; every factor cites the record it is derived from.
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Dimension
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Factor
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Contribution
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Cites
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Narrative
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| Capital | capital commitment | +15.9 | Undisclosed equipment financing providers (lender) | lender role committed $885,000,000 (capex undisclosed — coverage unverifiable). |
| Capital | capital commitment | +14.1 | Public market investors (Nasdaq & LSE IPO) (investor) | investor role committed $785,000,000 (capex undisclosed — coverage unverifiable). |
| Infrastructure | baseline | 70 | Fermi America Project Matador HyperGrid | No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Capital | baseline | 40 | Fermi America Project Matador HyperGrid | Capital base before committed-capital evidence (announcement-only anchor region, §B.2.4). |
| Regulatory | baseline | 70 | Fermi America Project Matador HyperGrid | No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Regulatory | permit granted | +6 | Utility Approval | Permitting milestone "Utility Approval" achieved on 2025-11-01. |
| Regulatory | permit granted | +6 | Utility Approval | Permitting milestone "Utility Approval" achieved on 2026-02-25. |
| Schedule | baseline | 80 | Fermi America Project Matador HyperGrid | No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Schedule | milestone achieved | +5 | Announcement | Milestone "Announcement" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2025-06-30). |
| Schedule | milestone achieved | +5 | Utility Approval | Milestone "Utility Approval" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2025-11-01). |
| Schedule | milestone achieved | +5 | Utility Approval | Milestone "Utility Approval" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2026-02-25). |
Announcement · Actual:
Utility approval · Actual:
Utility approval · Actual:
Energization · Expected:
Groundbreaking · Expected:
Commissioning · Expected:
No active constraint observations recorded against this project.
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Entity
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Role
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Ownership
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Committed capital
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| Fermi America (Fermi Inc.) | — | — | |
| Fermi America (Fermi Inc.) | — | — | |
| Texas Tech University System | — | — | |
| Public market investors (Nasdaq & LSE IPO) | — | $0.8B | |
| Undisclosed equipment financing providers | — | $0.9B | |
| Siemens Energy | — | — |
Every substantive field on this record is backed by a canonical claim from a cited source document, graded on the E1 (strongest) – E5 (weakest) evidence ladder.
ANS Nuclear Newswire · backs: expected date
https://www.ans.org/news/article-7875/project-matador-joins-eis-pilot-program-nrc-seeks-public-input/
Fermi America · backs: actual date, capacity mw
https://fermiamerica.com/fermi-americatm-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-hypergridtm-campus/
PR Newswire · backs: status
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
Amarillo Tribune · Nov 5, 2025 · backs: actual date, expected date
https://amarillotribune.org/2025/11/05/just-facts-fermi-america-and-project-matador/
NewsChannel10 · Feb 25, 2026 · backs: actual date
https://www.newschannel10.com/2026/02/25/fermi-america-receives-nations-second-largest-clean-air-permit-project-matador/
Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.
· PR Newswire · relevance 0.70
· Amarillo Tribune · relevance 0.70
· www.sec.gov · relevance 0.00
Fermi America · relevance 0.70
PR Newswire · relevance 0.70