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| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies | Commitments and Contingencies Commitments Lease Commitments As of June 30, 2026, the Company had various fixed and variable lease payment obligations associated with the TTU Lease and the Groundwater Leases. The Company also has a lease agreement with MPS through which the Company will be subject to fixed lease payments once the lease commences. Additionally, during the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Company prepaid $2,000 under the Collaboration Agreement, which is recorded within prepaid expenses and other assets and will be applied against amounts due under that agreement. Under the same agreement, the Company is required to fund an additional $9,000 into a third-party escrow on or before December 31, 2026, to be released to satisfy amounts payable when due under the TTU Lease. As of June 30, 2026, this amount had not been funded, and no related liability had been accrued. See Note 6, Leases, for additional information. Surety Bonds and Letters of Credit In the ordinary course of business, we are required to provide financial commitments in the form of surety bonds and letters of credit to third parties as a guarantee of our performance on and our compliance with certain obligations. If we fail to perform or comply with these obligations, a draw on the applicable surety bond or letter of credit would trigger our obligation to reimburse the issuer. As of June 30, 2026, we had outstanding surety bonds issued for our benefit of approximately $35,810 and letters of credit of $5,333. Reservation Payments In connection with its gas and electrical supply contracts, the Company is required to make fixed reservation payments to preserve natural gas supply and electric delivery capacity in advance of the commencement of service under those contracts. As of June 30, 2026, remaining reservation payments under these contracts totaled $12,190, all of which are due within the next twelve months. Of this amount, $5,390 was accrued as a liability on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2026. Unconditional Purchase Obligations For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company entered into unrecognized commitments that require the future purchase of goods or services (“unconditional purchase obligations”). As of June 30, 2026, the Company’s unconditional purchase obligations of $142,649 related to long-lead-time equipment purchases, of which approximately $128,100 will be funded through draws on our existing equipment financing facilities. Future payments under unconditional purchase obligations as of June 30, 2026, were as follows:
Contingencies Legal Contingencies In the ordinary course of business, we may become party to various legal actions that are routine in nature and incidental to the operation of the business. Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines and penalties, and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred, and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. As of June 30, 2026, we were not aware of any matters that are expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations, or cash flows, and therefore we had not accrued any material losses related to such matters. Litigation — Securities Class Action On January 5, 2026, the Company, certain of its directors and officers, and certain underwriters of the Company’s IPO were named as defendants in a putative securities class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges that the Company made materially false and misleading statements and omissions in the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the IPO and in other public statements during the period from October 1, 2025 through December 11, 2025, in violation of Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The action seeks unspecified damages on behalf of a purported class of purchasers of the Company’s common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the IPO registration statement and/or during the alleged class period. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the action. As of June 30, 2026, the Company was unable to reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss, if any, associated with this matter. Litigation — Firebird On January 27, 2026, a petition captioned 340 Energy, LLC v. Firebird LNG, LLC, et al. was filed in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, and subsequently removed to the Business Court of Texas, Eleventh Division (Cause No. 26-BC11B-0016). The complaint names as defendants Firebird LNG, LLC, MAD Energy LP, Firebird Equipment Holdco, LLC, Fermi Equipment Holdco, LLC, the Company, and George Wentz. The plaintiff, as assignee of XO Energy Worldwide LLP, alleges that the defendants evaded payment of a brokerage commission allegedly owed in connection with the sale of a contract for six natural gas turbines. As the petition notes, in connection with the transaction, MAD Energy agreed to indemnify the Company and its affiliates against any claims arising out of the engagement of XO Energy, Stephen Murphy, or their affiliates as a broker or finder. The petition asserts claims for, among other things, violations of the Texas Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (and, in the alternative, the Delaware Uniform Voidable Transfers Act), money had and received, tortious interference, civil conspiracy, breach of contract, and quantum meruit, and seeks compensatory damages of not less than $5,985, exemplary damages, avoidance of the challenged transfers, the imposition of a constructive trust and other equitable relief, pre- and post-judgment interest, and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company and its named affiliates moved to dismiss under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 91a on March 31, 2026. A hearing on the motion to dismiss was held on July 13, 2026. At the hearing the court took the motion under advisement and issued an order denying the motion to dismiss on August 11, 2026. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the action. As of June 30, 2026, the Company was unable to reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss, if any, associated with this matter. Effective July 22, 2026, Mr. Wentz was appointed General Counsel of the Company. See Note 9, Subsequent Events. Litigation — Bayonne On June 29, 2026, Bayonne Plant Holding, L.L.C. (“Bayonne”) filed a complaint against the Company’s subsidiary Fermi Equipment Holdco, LLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. 2:26-cv-07904-JXN-JBC). The complaint was served on the subsidiary’s registered agent on July 8, 2026. The claims arise out of a June 26, 2025 Equipment Purchase Agreement, as amended, under which Fermi Equipment Holdco purchased power-generation equipment from Bayonne and agreed to remove the equipment from, and restore, Bayonne’s site in Bayonne, New Jersey. Bayonne alleges that Fermi Equipment Holdco failed to complete the removal and restoration, abandoned the site, and did not pay certain site-access charges, restoration and remediation costs, and related late fees and interest, and asserts claims for breach of contract, account stated, and contractual indemnification. Bayonne seeks damages of no less than approximately $8,500, plus additional late fees, pre- and post-judgment interest, and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the action. The matter is at a preliminary stage, no discovery has occurred, and the Company has not yet responded to the complaint. As of June 30, 2026, the Company was unable to determine whether an unfavorable outcome was reasonably possible or to estimate the amount or range of reasonably possible loss, if any, associated with this matter. Other Matters On July 27, 2026, two principals of a consulting firm that provided services to Fermi LLC, the Company’s predecessor, filed a petition against the Company and its former Chief Executive Officer, in the Business Court of Texas, First Business Court Division (Cause No. 26-BC01B-0066), asserting claims for conversion against both defendants and for breach of contract against the Company, arising out of the reclamation in July 2025 of 25,000 Class B Units of Fermi LLC previously granted to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs allege that, absent the reclamation, the units would have converted into approximately 11,250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in connection with the Company’s conversion to corporate form and initial public offering, and they seek monetary relief alleged to exceed $415 million, together with the imposition of a constructive trust on shares or proceeds, interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs. The proceeding is in its earliest stages. The Company has concluded that it is not probable that a liability was incurred as of June 30, 2026, and accordingly no liability has been accrued for this matter. An unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible, but the Company is unable to estimate the possible loss or range of loss at this time. Contingent Consideration In connection with the acquisition of the Company’s first six Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines from MAD Energy (the “Firebird Acquisition”), the Company assumed an obligation to pay MAD Energy a net profits interest (the “NPI”). Under the NPI, the Company is liable to pay a portion of 2.5% of net operating income from the first 1.0 GW of installed dispatchable generation capacity at the Company’s AI infrastructure campus subject to a $100,000 cap on a net present value basis. No amounts were recognized related to the NPI as of June 30, 2026. Refer to Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies — Contingent Consideration, and Note 5, Acquisitions, of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, for additional detail on the acquisition and related consideration. Effective July 22, 2026, George Wentz, the founder, a director, and Chief Executive Officer of MAD Energy, was appointed General Counsel of the Company; accordingly, from that date the NPI constitutes an arrangement with a related party. See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies — Related Party Transactions, and Note 9, Subsequent Events. In connection with the purchase of the Company’s three Siemens SGT6-5000F gas turbines, the Company entered into a Rated Capacity Agreement (the “RCA”) as additional, contingent consideration for the turbines. Under the RCA, the Company is liable to pay Siemens up to $2,000 per turbine per calendar quarter based on the operating reliability of each turbine, and not less than $80 per turbine per quarter, for ten years commencing upon provisional acceptance of the turbines, subject to a maximum of approximately $240,000 on an undiscounted basis. No amounts were recognized under the RCA as of June 30, 2026. Refer to Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies — Contingent Consideration, of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, for information regarding the Company’s accounting policy for contingent consideration.
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