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Rick Perry's data center REIT rises in first day of trading to over $19 billion valuation

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Fermi is leasing more than 5,000 acres in Amarillo, Texas, from Texas Tech University to build an 11-gigawatt, 15 million-square-foot data center campus. (Fermi)
Fermi is leasing more than 5,000 acres in Amarillo, Texas, from Texas Tech University to build an 11-gigawatt, 15 million-square-foot data center campus. (Fermi)
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October 1, 2025 | 10:32 P.M.

Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup Fermi America, co-founded by former Texas governor and former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, in its first day of trading rose to a valuation of more than $19 billion in a reflection of increased investor appetite for AI-fueled data centers.

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