Fermi America, a brand new company co-founded by Rick Perry, has proposed building a sprawling data and energy campus near Amarillo dubbed both “Project Matador” and “The Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus.” Despite Fermi America having never built a project and having no customers, the massive energy campus would occupy 5,800 acres in Carson County and operate a gas-fired power plant and four nuclear reactors designated exclusively for hyperscale data center facilities, not public use.
Communities in Amarillo are taking a stand to prevent it from breaking ground. The following fact sheet resource outlines how Project Matador would drain water, worsen climate change, and raise electricity costs, all while taking away local tax money.
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