根据《得克萨斯论坛报》周五获得的年度会议投票记录，前得克萨斯州州长里克·佩里在其共同创办的大型计划中的电力和数据中心公司费米的董事会席位连任中落败。
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry lost reelection to his seat on the board of directors for the massive planned power and data center company he co-founded called Fermi, according to a transcript of the vote from an annual meeting Friday obtained by The Texas Tribune.
费米有志成为美国最大的数据中心和发电园区，其头两年动荡不堪——从迅速获得业界巨大炒作并在六个月内上市，到经历动荡的所有权之争以及难以找到主要租户，导致公司股价从高点暴跌超过90%。
Fermi, which has ambitions to become the largest data center and power generation campus in the U.S., has had a tumultuous first couple years – from quickly garnering massive industry hype and going public within six months, to a turbulent ownership battle and struggle to find a major tenant that has sent company stocks toppling by more than 90% from its peak price.
佩里曾在唐纳德·特朗普总统第一任期内担任能源部长，是在前首席执行官兼联合创始人托比·诺伊格鲍尔找上他后共同创办了该公司。佩里的儿子格里芬也是股东，通过卡迪斯控股有限合伙公司持有约6000万股股份，占公司不到10%的股份。《得克萨斯论坛报》未能立即联系到佩里置评。
Perry, who formerly served as energy secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term, co-founded the company after former CEO and co-founder Toby Neugebauer approached him. Perry’s son, Griffin, is also a shareholder, owning about 60 million shares through Caddis Holdings LP — giving him just under 10% ownership of the company. The Tribune couldn’t immediately reach Perry for comment.
费米在一份声明中表示，佩里以及同时面临连任的另一名董事成员，获得了股东投票中多数票的支持。公司章程要求董事必须获得所有股份的多数票，而不仅仅是投票数的相对多数。
In a statement, Fermi said Perry, as well as another board member who was up for reelection at the same time, received a majority of the votes cast by shareholders. Company bylaws require directors to receive a majority of all shares, not a just a plurality of votes cast.
声明写道：“该提案未能达到所需的批准门槛，原因是公司认为诺伊格鲍尔股东违反了合同投票义务。”
“The proposal failed to achieve the required approval threshold following what the company believes was a breach of contractual voting obligations by the Neugebauer shareholders,” the statement read.
佩里和另一位董事会成员杰弗里·S·斯坦将继续留在董事会，“直至其继任者正式当选”，并且“两人均仍有资格连任”。
Perry and the other board member, Jeffrey S. Stein, will remain on the board “until their successors are duly elected” and “both remain eligible for reelection.”
声明继续写道：“费米公司仍专注于推进‘斗牛士项目’，交付关键的美国能源基础设施，并为其股东创造长期价值。我们不会允许一名心怀不满的股东分散这一使命的注意力，从而损害公司利益。”纽格鲍尔周五参加了股东电话会议，他在周五早些时候接受采访时表示，他并未发起罢免佩里的行动。对于费米公司指控其违反合同一事，他未立即回应置评请求。
“Fermi remains focused on advancing Project Matador, delivering critical American energy infrastructure, and creating long-term value for its shareholders,” the statement continued. “We will not allow one disgruntled shareholder to distract from that mission to the detriment of the company.”Neugebauer, who was on the shareholder call Friday, said in an interview earlier Friday that he did not campaign to have Perry removed. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Fermi’s accusation of a contractual breach on his part.
今年4月，纽格鲍尔还被以“有正当理由”为由免去首席执行官一职，此前公司领导层指出他有多起公开情绪失控的事件，称这些事件影响了他们招揽租户的能力。
Neugebauer was also removed for cause as CEO this April after company leadership pointed to several instances of public outbursts that they said affected their ability to secure tenants.
纽格鲍尔对《论坛报》表示，公司领导层——包括佩里——应当为拒绝考虑出售公司而受到指责，他认为出售本会对股东更有利。今年早些时候，他曾试图召集一次特别股东大会，计划在会上选出一个新的董事会多数派（包括他本人），以推动出售公司，同时继续寻找租户，但后来放弃了这一努力。
Neugebauer told the Tribune the company’s leadership, including Perry, should be blamed for refusing to entertain a sale that he believes would have been a better outcome for shareholders. He backed down on an effort earlier this year to call a special shareholder meeting at which he planned to elect a new board majority, including himself, that would pursue a sale, while continuing to seek out a tenant.
该公司从位于阿马里洛的得克萨斯理工大学系统租赁了约5000英亩土地，并对外宣传将自带电力，以此回应外界对数据中心普遍可能消耗该州电网能源的担忧。
The company, which is leasing about 5,000 acres of land from Texas Tech University System in Amarillo, has advertised that it will bring its own power as a way of addressing concerns that data centers broadly are threatening to sap energy from the state grid.
费米公司的数据中心项目名为“斗牛士项目”，计划利用天然气、核能、太阳能和电池等多种电源组合，打造一个大型私有“超级电网”。该公司针对一座大型轻水反应堆向美国核管理委员会提交的许可证申请仍在审批中，这是自2000年代末以来的首份此类申请。
Fermi, whose data center project is known as Project Matador, plans to create a massive private “HyperGrid” using a combination of power sources, including natural gas, nuclear, solar and batteries. Its still-pending U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission license application for a large light-water reactor is the first since the late 2000s.
据报道，费米公司曾与亚马逊达成一项初步协议，但该协议于去年年底告吹；此后，费米于8月宣布了其首个租户——一家规模较小的AI云计算初创公司TensorWave。
After reportedly securing a tentative deal with Amazon that fell through late last year, Fermi announced its first tenant, a smaller company and AI cloud computing startup called TensorWave in August.
佩里仍持有公司不到5%的股份——约1600万股——按当前价格计算价值约4100万美元，低于去年秋天约5亿美元的峰值。
Perry retains less than 5% of company shares – about 16 million – worth roughly $41 million at current prices, down from a peak value of about half a billion last fall.
会议记录未包含投票统计数字，但表示其选举检查员将确保计票结果被纳入即将向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件中。根据该机构的规定，这份载有初步结果的表格必须在四个工作日内提交。
The transcript did not include vote tallies but said its inspector of election will ensure the counts are included in an upcoming filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That form with preliminary results must be filed within four business days, according to agency rules.
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