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ChatGPT-Creator OpenAI Announces Massive New Data Center in Michigan
The Stargate data center will create 2,500 union construction jobs and over 450 permanent high-skill jobs while using up to 1.4 gigawatts of power, officials said.
- On Oct. 30, OpenAI, Oracle and Related Digital announced a 2.2-million-square-foot Stargate data center in Saline Township beginning early 2026.
- Last month the Saline Township board voted against rezoning the 575-acre site, prompting Related Digital to sue and reach a settlement last week with a DTE Energy deal.
- DTE said providing power will increase system demand roughly 25% and add 1.4 gigawatts, while developers will fund a $2 billion battery facility and the campus will use a closed-loop cooling system.
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hailed the deal as Michigan's largest economic project, promising 2,500 temporary construction jobs, more than 450 onsite jobs, $14 million for local fire departments and farmland preservation, and more than 700 acres preserved.
- Combined Stargate projects will bring over 8 gigawatts of capacity and more than $2 billion in investment, while utilities plan new fossil-fuel plants amid Michigan climate law requiring 100% clean energy by 2040.
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Whitmer: Multi-billion-dollar Saline Township data center ‘largest investment in Michigan history’
A string of announcements from DTE Energy, Open AI and Related Digital coalesced into another notice from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer late Thursday afternoon, confirming plans to move forward with development of a data center in Saline Township – following…
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