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Expanding Stargate to Michigan

2025-10-30 · 00:00 UTC ·2 min read

Brief

The Stargate Michigan campus in Saline Township, announced 2025-10-30, will be developed by Related Digital with construction starting in early 2026 and >2,500 union construction jobs. It's part of OpenAI's 4.5 GW Oracle partnership and—together with six U.S. Stargate sites (Oracle, SoftBank)—pushes planned capacity past 8 GW and >$450B investment, using closed-loop cooling and DTE's excess transmission capacity.

Why it matters

OpenAI announced a new Stargate campus in Saline Township, Michigan (published 2025-10-30); Related Digital will develop it with construction expected to begin in early 2026 and create more than 2,500 union construction jobs.

Key details

  • The Michigan site is part of OpenAI's 4.5 GW partnership with Oracle; combined with six U.S. Stargate sites (with Oracle and SoftBank) this brings planned capacity to over 8 GW and more than $450 billion in investment over the next three years toward a $500 billion, 10 GW commitment announced in January.
  • The campus will use a closed-loop cooling system to significantly reduce water consumption, and DTE Energy will serve the site using existing excess transmission capacity; any grid upgrades will be funded by the project rather than local ratepayers.
Source evidence

title: Expanding Stargate to Michigan
contenttype: article
publication: OpenAI
published: 2025-10-30T00:00:00
sourceurl: https://openai.com/index/expanding-stargate-to-michigan

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Expanding Stargate to Michigan

More than one gigawatt campus to help build America’s AI infrastructure and support economic growth in the Midwest.

Today, we’re announcing a new Stargate campus in Saline Township, Michigan, as part of our 4.5GW partnership with Oracle. Combined with capacity from our six

U.S. Stargate sites with Oracle and SoftBank, this project brings Stargate to over 8 gigawatts of planned capacity and more than $450 billion in investment over the next three years—accelerating our progress and keeping us ahead of schedule to meet the $500 billion, 10-gigawatt commitment we announced in January.

previously announcedThe infrastructure and manufacturing needed to advance AI give us a real chance to reindustrialize(opens in a new window) the country, and it should happen in places like Michigan. AI will unlock major benefits—from better healthcare to improved public services—and the buildout required to get there will generate significant opportunities along the way. We're investing through Stargate to help ensure communities across the country benefit both from building AI infrastructure and from all of the progress that AI itself makes possible.

The Stargate Michigan campus is being developed by Related Digital(opens in a new window), with construction expected to begin in early 2026, and will create more than 2,500 union construction jobs. The site will use a closed-loop cooling system that significantly reduces water consumption. DTE Energy will serve the campus using existing excess transmission capacity—avoiding impacts on local energy supply—and any upgrades required to support operations will be funded by the project and not local ratepayers.

Across the US, Stargate sites are creating jobs, spurring investment in modern energy and industrial systems, and helping strengthen the supply chains needed to support the next generation of AI. Our expansion into Michigan builds on sites we’ve already announced in Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Ohio, each of which will help strengthen local economies and advance America’s leadership in AI.

Michigan has long been at the center of American engineering and manufacturing. We’re proud to build here and to continue expanding the infrastructure needed to ensure the benefits of AI reach everyone.

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