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Stargate The Barn — Saline Township

PRJ-0603 · Site · Saline Township, Michigan, United States

Record last updated Oct 28, 2026

Scope and capacity

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.

Headline: 1,000 MW Planned critical IT

Numbers refer to their stated physical boundaries and are not added together. Source dates, claim dates and record updates have different meanings. Missing dates and locators are not inferred.

Claims and exhibit sources

Jump to a claim (23)

Location context · The Barn | Saline Township | Michigan | United States

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 54721 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

Lifecycle status · Construction

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 54722 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

Reported capacity · 1,000 MW

Planned / design or future potential · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 54723 · Recorded claim type: Design · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Separate claim, not added to the headline

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

Capacity basis · Source stated campus capacity

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 54724 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

Project identity · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119589 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Lifecycle status · Construction program

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119590 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Location · Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI, US

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119591 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Participant roles · OpenAI, Oracle, Related Digital, Walbridge

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119592 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Capacity · 1,000 MW

Design · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119593 · Recorded claim type: Design · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Selected headline

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Capacity basis · 1,000 MW planned campus IT capacity

Planned / design or future potential · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119594 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Separate claim, not added to the headline

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Development scale · 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

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119595 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

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

Actual · Stargate The Barn — Saline Township (Project)

Claim 119596 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Building infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2946 · Company announcement · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/

  2. Michigan statement on Stargate investment

    State of Michigan · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6537 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2025/10/30/whitmer-on-stargate-announcement-from-openai-oracle-related-digital-creating-thousands-of-jobs

Project financing value · $16,000,000,000

Financed project value · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-001 · Recorded claim type: Financed project value · Review: Approved · Claim date: Apr 24, 2026

  1. Financing for $16 billion Oracle data center project

    Related Digital · Document date: Apr 24, 2026 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-05 · Financing primary

    Source URL

    https://www.related-digital.com/news/financingpressrelease

Contracted electric load · 1,383 MW

Conditionally approved service contract · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-002 · Recorded claim type: Conditionally approved service contract · Review: Approved · Claim date: Dec 18, 2025

Headline treatment: Separate claim, not added to the headline

  1. MPSC approves DTE Electric energy contracts for data center

    Michigan Public Service Commission · Document date: Dec 18, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-04 · Regulatory primary

    Source URL

    https://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/commission/news-releases/2025/12/18/mpsc-approves-dte-electric-energy-contracts-for-data-center

Site control area · 575 acres

Rezoning scope · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-003 · Recorded claim type: Rezoning scope · Review: Approved · Claim date: Aug 1, 2025

  1. Washtenaw County Data Center Proposal

    Saline Township · Document date: Aug 1, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-03 · Local government record

    Source URL

    https://salinetownship.org/uploads/notices/QA%20Data%20Center%20Proposal.pdf

Maximum developed area · 250 acres

Developer commitment · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-004 · Recorded claim type: Developer commitment · Review: Approved · Claim date: Aug 1, 2025

  1. Washtenaw County Data Center Proposal

    Saline Township · Document date: Aug 1, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-03 · Local government record

    Source URL

    https://salinetownship.org/uploads/notices/QA%20Data%20Center%20Proposal.pdf

Protected open space · 200 acres

Rezoning condition · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-005 · Recorded claim type: Rezoning condition · Review: Approved · Claim date: Aug 1, 2025

  1. Washtenaw County Data Center Proposal

    Saline Township · Document date: Aug 1, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-03 · Local government record

    Source URL

    https://salinetownship.org/uploads/notices/QA%20Data%20Center%20Proposal.pdf

Construction start · Jun 1, 2026

Actual underway by · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-006 · Recorded claim type: Actual underway by · Review: Approved · Claim date: Jun 1, 2026

  1. Construction celebration for The Barn

    Related Digital · Document date: Jun 1, 2026 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-06 · Developer primary

    Source URL

    https://www.related-digital.com/news/related-digital-blackstone-oracle-openai-walbridge-and-governor-whitmer-celebrate-construction-of-stargate-campus-in-saline-township

Original completion forecast · Dec 31, 2027

Forecast · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-007 · Recorded claim type: Forecast · Review: Approved with followup · Claim date: Aug 1, 2025

  1. Washtenaw County Data Center Proposal

    Saline Township · Document date: Aug 1, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-03 · Local government record

    Source URL

    https://salinetownship.org/uploads/notices/QA%20Data%20Center%20Proposal.pdf

Union construction jobs · 2,500 jobs

Forecast · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-008 · Recorded claim type: Forecast · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 30, 2025

  1. OpenAI, Oracle, and Related Digital announce Stargate site in Michigan

    Related Digital · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-02 · Developer primary

    Source URL

    https://www.related-digital.com/news/openai-oracle-and-related-digital-announce-stargate-data-center-site-in-michigan

Countywide permanent jobs · 2,000 jobs

Forecast supporting project · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-009 · Recorded claim type: Forecast supporting project · Review: Approved with followup · Claim date: Oct 30, 2025

  1. OpenAI, Oracle, and Related Digital announce Stargate site in Michigan

    Related Digital · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-02 · Developer primary

    Source URL

    https://www.related-digital.com/news/openai-oracle-and-related-digital-announce-stargate-data-center-site-in-michigan

Cooling system · Closed loop system

Design · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-010 · Recorded claim type: Design · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 30, 2025

  1. Expanding Stargate to Michigan

    OpenAI · Document date: Oct 30, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-01 · Company primary

    Source URL

    https://openai.com/index/expanding-stargate-to-michigan/

Transmission voltage · 345 kV

Existing lines at site · Stargate Michigan — The Barn (Project)

Claim AST-B2-011 · Recorded claim type: Existing lines at site · Review: Approved · Claim date: Aug 1, 2025

  1. Washtenaw County Data Center Proposal

    Saline Township · Document date: Aug 1, 2025 · Supports

    Source reference: MIC-03 · Local government record

    Source URL

    https://salinetownship.org/uploads/notices/QA%20Data%20Center%20Proposal.pdf

Counterparties and capital

OpenAI · Tenant, Stargate compute customer · CMP-0007

Oracle · Developer, Tenant compute provider · CMP-0006

Related Digital · Developer, Developer and landlord · CMP-1096

Walbridge · Developer, General contractor · CMP-1378

DTE Energy · Electric utility and storage developer

Blackstone affiliated funds · Equity investor

PIMCO managed funds · Debt financing anchor

Project financing value

$16,000,000,000 · Apr 24, 2026

Legacy figure

Counterparties not specified. Scope not specified.

Sources (1)
Evidence record

Financing record legacy-financing-AST-B2-001; claim-specific source links appear in the exhibit sources where published.

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