Fermi America, the company behind the up to 11GW data center campus planned for Amarillo, Texas, has taken delivery of six natural gas turbines and accompanying generators from Siemens Energy.

The company signed a deal in September for the Siemens SGT-800 natural gas turbines, each with a capacity of between 50-62MW. According to Fermi, the equipment arrived at the Port of Houston aboard seven vessels from four countries. The company claims that the delivery is indicative of the project's accelerated schedule and, when operational, will make up approximately one-third of the first gigawatt of power for the campus.

"We are moving at this pace because hyperscalers - and American consumers - demand reliable, world-class power yesterday," said Toby Neugebauer, Fermi America co-founder and CEO. "Sure, this is a testament to our team's unwavering drive to hit an aggressive power delivery timeline, but it's not just about moving heavy machinery; it's about a mission-critical commitment to our country's energy independence and national security, without our fellow Texans having to foot the bill."

Fermi, a company co-founded by former Texas governor and energy secretary Rick Perry, is planning to develop a massive 11GW data center and energy campus near Amarillo in Texas on land owned by the Texas Tech University system. If realized, Project Matador will span 18 million sq ft (1.67 million sqm) and would utilize a combination of on-site energy sources, including natural gas, solar, wind energy, and nuclear energy.

Despite having no data centers in operation and little experience in the sector within its executive team, the company raised $682 million in an October IPO that valued the business at $15 billion.

However, since then, the project has experienced some turmoil, following reports that the campus's first anchor tenant had pulled out of an agreement worth an initial $150m. The value of the company’s stock fell as much as 46 percent following the announcement.

Following the high-profile dropout, the company faced legal action from investors. At the start of the year, Fermi was hit with a class action lawsuit filed by Berger Montague PC. According to the lawsuit, the complaints arose after Fermi’s first tenant for its data center campus withdrew, which would have supported construction costs for the facility.