Texas-based Fermi America, in partnership with the Texas Tech University System (TTU System), has signed two letters of intent (LOIs) with Siemens Energy to secure to secure gas-fired generation equipment and to collaborate on advanced nuclear steam turbine technology for its planned hypergrid energy campus in Texas.
In July, TTU System established a partnership with Fermi America to create what they described as one of the most significant power campuses in the US and the largest advanced energy, private grid and intelligence development in the world. The Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus aims to support the growing demands of artificial intelligence (AI), data innovation and sustainable energy. It will be located in the Texas Panhandle and will include 18m square feet of data centres and generate up to 11 GWe of IT capacity from natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear energy.
Under the first LOI, Siemens Energy is to deliver in 2026 three F-class SGT6-5000F gas turbines capable of producing up to 1.1 GWe in combined cycle mode. These are designed for round-the-clock, base-load power, and add to Fermi’s total of 2 GWe of already secured or contracted natural gas generation capacity for the site.
The second LOI envisages collaboration on Siemens nuclear steam turbines, generators, and control systems. These would be integrated into Fermi’s nuclear portfolio, which is expected to include four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors. In August, Fermi America, co-founded by former US Energy Secretary and Texas Governor Rick Perry, also signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction to develop the nuclear component the hypergrid.
The project is seen as central to the Trump administration’s energy dominance agenda. “Winning the AI arms race doesn’t just take software developers. It takes more electricity,” said Doug Burgum, chairman of the National Energy Dominance Council.
“No one understands the global energy race better than Donald Trump,” said Fermi Co-Founder Rick Perry. “The Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, and Department of Defense are all working tirelessly to secure America’s position in this AI race and to ensure that our private sector, with the strong support of this pro-energy administration, has what we need to lead the way in abundant, reliable, and innovative energy solutions.”
Toby Neugebauer, Fermi America CEO and Co-Founder, noted: “Fermi America is doing what it takes 24/7 to build exactly what the President has asked for – highly reliable, unshakable, base load energy- through our 11 GW gas-bridged nuclear build. We understand the stakes are high and we are playing to win – because that’s how America keeps its AI edge.”
