Saline Township, MI · Washtenaw County · 42.174°N 83.806°W
Stargate The Barn Campus
OpenAI / Oracle / Related Digital
Key facts
- Location
- Saline Township, MI, Washtenaw County
- Capacity
- 1,400 MW planned
- Powered by
- grid (100% utility costs paid by Oracle)
- Announced
- 2025-10
- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Investment
- $16B
- Land
- 250 acres
- Jobs
- 2,500 construction · 450 permanent
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Grid · Utility: DTE Energy
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
DTE Energy supplies 100% of power using existing resources augmented by a new battery-storage investment financed entirely by the project, so as not to affect other DTE customers' supply or rates (per Related Digital and MPSC review).
Closed-loop cooling system that, per Related Digital, limits daily water use to levels comparable to an office building.
Community sentiment
The Saline Township board voted 4-1 to deny the rezoning (Sept 2025); Related Digital sued two days later and a court-approved settlement allowed construction to proceed with ~$14M in community benefits. A resident later filed an Open Meetings Act challenge. At least 19 Michigan municipalities enacted data-center moratoriums afterward.
A Michigan farm town voted down a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction beganStatus history
- Proposed
$16B campus on 250 acres SW of Ann Arbor; township initially voted against rezoning; resolved via lawsuit settlement
Oracle and OpenAI start construction on Stargate campus in Saline Township, Michigan — Data Center Dynamics - Under construction
Official groundbreaking with Gov. Whitmer; 3 buildings of 550,000 sq ft each; Oracle, OpenAI, Related Digital; first steel beams installed March 2026
Stargate updates: OpenAI, Oracle building Michigan data center — CNBC
Location
Sources & data provenance
Reported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
Last updated:
- Data Center DynamicsRetrieved:
- CNBCRetrieved:
- Related DigitalRetrieved:
- OpenAI, Oracle, and Related Digital Announce Stargate Data Center Site in Michigan (PR Newswire)pressPR NewswireRetrieved:
- A Michigan farm town voted down a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction beganpressFortuneRetrieved:
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