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Stargate The Barn — Saline Township

Saline Township, Michigan, United StatesUnder construction
Evidence
Planned critical IT
1,000 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

OpenAI and its partners broke ground in June 2026 on The Barn, a planned 1 GW Stargate data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan. Oracle, Related Digital and Walbridge are named project partners, and the design includes closed-loop cooling. Separate utility-service contracts should not be read as operating IT capacity.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

1,000 MW

Source

Capacity

Design

1,000 MW

Source

Capacity basis

Planned / design or future potential

1,000 MW planned campus IT capacity

Source

Contracted electric load

Conditionally approved service contract

1,383 MW

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Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Construction programUnder construction

Stargate The Barn — Saline Township: Construction program.

Campus constructionUnder construction
DTE service and storage buildoutApproved with conditions
Milestones (2)
Stargate The Barn — Saline Township — Construction program

Jun 1, 2026 · Event timing type not established

In progress · Construction started

Source not linked
OpenAI and its partners broke ground in June 2026 on The Barn, a planned 1 GW Stargate data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan.

Date not disclosed · Event timing type not established

In progress · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

OpenAI

Tenant · Stargate compute customer

Sources by role
Tenant (1)
Oracle

Developer · Tenant compute provider

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Related Digital

Developer · Developer and landlord

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Walbridge

Developer · General contractor

Sources by role
Developer (1)
DTE Energy

Electric utility and storage developer

Blackstone affiliated funds

Equity investor

Other participants (1)
PIMCO managed funds

Debt financing anchor

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Project financing value

Financed project value

$16,000,000,000

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Financing records

Project financing value

$16bn

Apr 24, 2026

Parties & sources

Legacy figure

Counterparties not specified. Scope not specified.

Sources (1)
Evidence record

Site & development

Location context

Actual

The Barn | Saline Township | Michigan | United States

Source

Location

Actual

Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI, US

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Development scale

Actual

OpenAI and its partners broke ground in June 2026 on The Barn, a planned 1 GW Stargate data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan. Oracle, Related Digital and Walbridge are named project partners, and the design includes closed loop cooling

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Site control area

Rezoning scope

575 acres

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Maximum developed area

Developer commitment

250 acres

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Construction start

Actual underway by

Jun 1, 2026

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Original completion forecast

Forecast

Dec 31, 2027

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Union construction jobs

Forecast

2,500 jobs

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Technical specifications

Cooling system

Design

Closed loop system

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Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Construction

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

Source stated campus capacity

Source

Project identity

Actual

Stargate The Barn — Saline Township

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Lifecycle status

Actual

Construction program

Source

Participant roles

Actual

OpenAI, Oracle, Related Digital, Walbridge

Source

Infrastructure

Actual

Separate utility service contracts should not be read as operating IT capacity.

Source

Protected open space

Rezoning condition

200 acres

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Countywide permanent jobs

Forecast supporting project

2,000 jobs

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Transmission voltage

Existing lines at site

345 kV

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Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (3)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

1,000 MW

1,000 MW planned campus IT capacity

Site facility

Planned or represented

Separate utility-service contracts should not be read as operating IT capacity.

Cooling system

Design

closed-loop

Other · Issued

Stargate The Barn — Saline Township

Michigan Public Service Commission

Jan 1, 2026

Sources (2)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.