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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Liquidity, Going Concern and Capital Resources
Liquidity, Going Concern and Capital Resources
Under ASC Topic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, we are required to evaluate whether conditions or events raise substantial doubt about our ability to meet future financial obligations as they become due within one year after the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.
Project Matador will require substantial capital investment to achieve commercial operation. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had not generated any revenues, has incurred recurring losses from operations and negative cash flows from operating activities since inception, and has substantial near-term capital expenditure obligations under existing equipment purchase, construction, lease and other project-related commitments. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had cash on hand of $207,501 and restricted cash of $35,792, a portion of which is available to fund defined capital expenditures. When measured against forecasted disbursements under the Company’s current operating plan, these resources are not sufficient to satisfy the Company’s financial obligations as they become due within one year after the date these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. Considered in the aggregate and before consideration of management’s plans, these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within that period.
In order to alleviate the substantial doubt, the Company has approved and undertaken several measures. In addition to its existing cash on hand and restricted cash, the Company has undrawn committed borrowing capacity under the Yorkville Note (as defined below) of up to $156,250 and the Company’s existing equipment financing facilities, the terms of which are further described in Note 5, Debt, net. The Company also holds significant equity in its power generation, substation and transformer, data center and other ancillary equipment, and, in the event the Company elects to monetize all or any portion of these assets in markets where demand currently exceeds available supply, such monetization would further mitigate the Company’s near-term liquidity needs. In addition, the Company is actively working with its suppliers, contractors and other counterparties to sequence the timing of future capital expenditures with the execution of definitive tenant agreements and the corresponding project-level financing arrangements expected to be secured in connection therewith, in order to align cash outflows with available liquidity through the assessment period. Certain of the Company’s near-term cash commitments, including obligations to post collateral and credit support in connection with certain commercial arrangements, are intended to secure capacity for anticipated future tenant demand rather than to support current operations. Management expects to defer, scale, or renegotiate the timing and amount of these obligations with the applicable counterparties as development progresses and tenant requirements are finalized. There is no guarantee that these counterparties will agree to renegotiate the terms of their commercial arrangements with the Company, and it is possible that management’s efforts to renegotiate terms or defer obligations under existing commercial arrangements, such as deferring or renegotiating obligations to post collateral and credit support in connection with certain commercial arrangements, could result in a termination of those arrangements by the counterparties. The Company is also pursuing one or more additional project-level capital arrangements and customer arrangements with strategic counterparties that, although subject to counterparty action and other conditions outside the Company’s control and therefore not relied upon by management in concluding that substantial doubt has been alleviated, would, if executed, provide further liquidity to the Company.
Based on the magnitude and timing of available draws under the Yorkville Note, the Company’s cash on hand and restricted cash, undrawn capacity under the Company’s existing committed equipment financing facilities, and the Company’s ability to sequence capital expenditures to align with the execution of definitive tenant agreements and associated project financing, management has concluded that (i) it is probable that the Company’s plans will be effectively implemented within twelve months following the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and (ii) it is probable that those plans, when implemented, will mitigate the conditions and events that raise substantial doubt. Accordingly, management has concluded that its plans alleviate the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within that period, and these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. There can be no guarantee that the Company’s plans will be successfully implemented or, if implemented, that they will mitigate the conditions and events that gave rise to substantial doubt within that period.
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions
The Company identifies related parties in accordance with ASC 850, Related Party Disclosures, which includes affiliates, equity method investees, principal owners, members of management, their immediate families, and any other party that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the Company. Transactions with related parties are
disclosed when material to the financial statements, even if conducted on terms equivalent to those prevailing in arm's-length transactions.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company incurred approximately $759 in rental and related costs under a non-exclusive aircraft dry lease agreement with TMNN Manager, LLC, an entity affiliated with Toby Neugebauer, the Company's former Chief Executive Officer. Under the agreement, effective January 8, 2026, the Company leased a Gulfstream GVI aircraft from TMNN on an hourly and monthly rental basis for use in operations. Because either party may terminate the agreement for convenience, the Company has elected the short-term lease exemption under ASC 842.
Use of Estimates
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We believe the estimates and assumptions underlying our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of March 31, 2026.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cash consists of funds held in our checking and savings accounts. Cash is maintained with financial institutions located in the United States that management believes to be creditworthy. While we monitor the credit quality of our banking relationships, our cash balances may, at times, exceed the federally insured limits.
Restricted Cash
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash represents amounts deposited in a bank account that are required to remain restricted in accordance with the terms of the related financing or standby letter of credit agreements. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had restricted cash of $35,792, with $30,459 related to borrowings under the MUFG equipment financing agreement and $5,333 for our cash-collateralized standby letter of credit agreement. When the Company has a restricted cash balance at the beginning or end of a reporting period, restricted cash amounts are included in restricted cash in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows reconcile the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the tax classification of the Company as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the periods presented.
Fermi intends to elect to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning August 1, 2025, with the filing of its initial Form 1120-REIT, U.S. Income Tax Return for Real Estate Investment Trusts for its taxable year ended December 31, 2025 and thereafter.
As long as Fermi qualifies as a REIT, it generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the REIT level on taxable income that is currently distributed to stockholders. Fermi intends to distribute substantially all of its REIT taxable income and therefore does not expect to incur U.S. federal income tax at the REIT level.
Fermi may, however, be subject to U.S. federal income tax and excise taxes in certain circumstances, including on undistributed taxable income or if it fails to satisfy REIT requirements. In addition, our taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal, state, and local income taxes as regular C corporations, as described below. No provision for U.S. federal income taxes has been recognized at the REIT level in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.
Taxable REIT Subsidiary
A taxable REIT subsidiary, or (“TRS”), is an entity that is taxable as a corporation in which we directly or indirectly own stock and that elects with us to be treated as a TRS. The use of TRSs enables us to continue to engage in certain businesses and jurisdictions while complying with REIT qualification requirements. We may, from time to time, change the election of a previously designated qualified REIT subsidiary to a TRS. Effective March 30, 2026, we elected to convert Fermi
Turbine Holdco LLC, together with its direct wholly owned subsidiary Fermi Turbine Warehouse LLC and its indirect wholly owned subsidiary Firebird Equipment Holdco LLC, to a TRS.
As of March 31, 2026, our TRSs hold non-qualifying REIT assets. Given the TRS election became effective on March 30, 2026, the TRSs did not generate taxable income or loss during the period from the effective date of the election through March 31, 2026. Accordingly, no current or deferred provision (benefit) for U.S. federal, state, or local income taxes has been recognized at the TRSs in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.
Segments
Segments
All of the Company’s activities relate to our business of building and owning powered shell facilities. As of March 31, 2026, operational and strategic decision-making responsibilities were overseen collectively by the Company’s officers, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and the Head of Power. This group, functioning collectively in the role of the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), evaluates performance and allocates resources based on the overall operations and financial results of the Company as a whole. Based on the structure of our operations and the manner in which the CODMs monitor and manage the business, we have concluded that the Company operates as a single operating segment and, accordingly, a single reportable segment for accounting and financial reporting purposes.
The Company’s single reportable segment is expected to earn substantially all of its revenue from lease rental income from hyperscaler tenants. The CODMs manage the Company as a single business and use GAAP net income (loss), as presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations, as the primary financial measure for assessing performance and allocating resources. The CODMs regularly review the consolidated statement of operations, including the various expense and other line items, as presented in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. No significant separate revenue or expense categories are regularly evaluated by the CODMs other than those already reflected in the consolidated statement of operations. Additionally, the CODMs assess segment assets as presented within the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, as there is no distinction between segment assets and total assets. All assets will be located within the United States or vendor locations abroad. Because the Company operates as a single segment, the accounting policies applied are consistent with the Company’s other significant accounting policies described within Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Other Income (Expense), Net
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, other income (expense), net of $24,798 consists primarily of a $24,753 loss on the extinguishment of the Macquarie Term Loan and other non-operating expense of $45 for other financial advisory fees.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income StatementReporting Comprehensive IncomeExpense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”). In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income StatementReporting Comprehensive IncomeExpense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date, which clarified the effective date of this standard. The standard requires the disclosure of additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to
the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The standard allows for adoption on a prospective or retrospective basis. We are currently assessing the impact of adopting ASU 2024-03 on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments (“ASU 2024-04”), to improve the relevance and consistency in application of the induced conversion guidance in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted for all entities that have adopted the amendments in ASU 2020-06. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2026. The adoption of ASU 2024-04 did not have a material impact on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, IntangiblesGoodwill and OtherInternal-Use Software (“Subtopic 350-40”): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software (“ASU 2025-06”), which amends certain aspects of the accounting for and disclosure of software costs under Subtopic 350-40. The amendments improve the operability of the guidance by removing all references to software development project stages so that the guidance is neutral to different software development methods, including methods that entities may use to develop software in the future. ASU 2025-06 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and for interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. We early adopted ASU 2025-06 effective January 1, 2026 on a prospective basis and the impact of the adoption was not material to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.