Fermi America, in partnership with the Texas Tech University System, has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MVM EGI Zrt., one of the world’s leading hybrid dry–wet cooling innovators, to engineer and develop a next-generation cooling system for Fermi’s 11-gigawatt private energy grid campus. The agreement marks a major step forward in delivering reliable, clean energy at scale, while being good stewards of the region’s natural resources.
Under the non-binding MoU, Fermi America and MVM EGI will partner on preliminary engineering, and feasibility studies for a series of indirect hybrid cooling towers that will support both of Project Matador’s 6 gigawatts of combined-cycle natural gas generation and four AP1000 nuclear units. Leveraging an existing, proven hybrid cooling design, the partnership will adapt and optimise the system for West Texas conditions. Together, the companies will define cooling requirements, evaluate tower configurations, assess site and height constraints, and model the water-saving performance that hybrid cooling can deliver at scale.
Highlighting their capability, Fermi America Co-Founder and CEO Toby Neugebauer said, “Fermi isn’t some out-of-town operation parachuting in. Our leadership is from West Texas – we grew up on this dirt, and we care about the land and its resources. As promised, we’re working with global innovators like MVM to ensure Project Matador complements the long-term water needs of the region, building something big, but doing it the right way.”
