Carson County Commissioners Court approves a phased tax abatement agreement with Fermi America for the Project Matador HyperGrid campus
Carson County Commissioners Court approved a tax abatement agreement with Fermi America for the Project Matador HyperGrid campus in the Texas Panhandle. The agreement is two sided and pays the county on both ends of the same facility. Fermi pays 3 dollars per square foot of data center improvements and from 2,500 to 2,750 dollars per megawatt of generating capacity. County Judge Dan Looten said the agreement covers 15 phases and could extend up to 25 years. Each completed phase enters its own 10 year abatement. Yearly training with local EMS and first responders is written into the deal. This corner of the Panhandle sits in the Southwest Power Pool rather than ERCOT, so the ERCOT interconnection and reliability rules a Texas reader would assume do not govern here.
How to take part
The commissioners approved the agreement during a public meeting at which residents raised water use and nuclear questions. The Commissioners Court is the venue for any further phase approvals under the agreement.
Where
1 county. In Amarillo.
Dates
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-28 | ordered | Date NewsChannel 10 reported the Carson County Commissioners Court approval of the abatement agreement. The exact meeting date was not confirmed against a county record. |
The evidence
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CARSON COUNTY (KFDA) — Carson County commissioners approved a tax abatement agreement with Fermi America during a public meeting for a major development project.Carson County approves tax abatement for Fermi America development Journalism
The abatement for the data centers is set at $3 per square foot and the generation side ranges from $2,500 to $2,750 per megawatt.Carson County approves tax abatement for Fermi America development Journalism
The abatement agreement covers 15 phases of development, but it could extend for up to 25 years.Carson County approves tax abatement for Fermi America development Journalism
"The abatement agreement we just signed was for 15 phases, so when they complete so many buildings and so much generation we will have a COD on that portion of that phase, and that phase will go into a 10 year abatement agreement," said Looten.Carson County approves tax abatement for Fermi America development Journalism
In the abatement, yearly training with local EMS and first responders is included as part of the agreement.Carson County approves tax abatement for Fermi America development Journalism
The SPP grid covers Oklahoma, Kansas, portions of Arkansas, Louisiana and the Texas Panhandle and parts of northeast Texas, including the cities of Amarillo, Lubbock, Texarkana, Longview and Marshall.Southwest Power Pool (SPP) — Association of Electric Companies of Texas Primary source, official