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Fermi America, which is developing what it calls the world’s largest private grid to power artificial intelligence, has named former Amarillo Mayor Trent Sisemore as its community lead while advancing a major international nuclear partnership with Doosan Enerbility.

The Texas Tech University System partner announced the move this week as part of its effort to connect with the Amarillo community, where it plans to build an $11 billion private grid and artificial intelligence campus on 5,200 acres of university land near the city. Preliminary economic impact studies project the development could create about 2,500 direct jobs and 6,000 indirect jobs, generating an estimated $1.2 billion annually during construction.

Sisemore, who served as mayor

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