id: openai-washtenaw
name: Stargate Michigan campus
operator: openai
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: MI
  county: Washtenaw
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 1400
  capacity_mw_basis: unspecified
  land_acres: 575
announced_date: "2025-12-19"
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/what-the-michigan-stargate-site-says-about-todays-ai-market/
    title: "What the Michigan Stargate site says about today's AI market"
    publisher: Latitude Media
    date: "2026-07-06"
signals:
  - sig-20260706-mi-stargate-capacity
  - sig-20260706-mi-stargate-developer
  - sig-20260706-mi-stargate-investment
  - sig-20260706-mi-stargate-land
  - sig-20260706-mi-stargate-status
notes: >
  Stargate program site (OpenAI / Oracle / SoftBank); operator recorded as
  openai (Stargate alias). Site developer is Related Digital, which has no
  operators.yml entry — developer field omitted, needs an entry. Oracle and
  SoftBank are also involved and lack operators.yml ids. capacity_mw = 1400
  reflects a stated 1.4 GW power-supply agreement with DTE Energy (19-year
  contract), not a disclosed IT load — basis unspecified. Investment reported
  as an estimated $7-10 billion (Latitude Media); left blank as a single
  numeric value cannot represent a range without inventing precision. Status
  set to announced: Michigan PSC conditionally approved the power contract
  2025-12-19 and 575 acres are pending rezoning with permitting ongoing (not
  yet fully permitted). announced_date reflects the PSC approval. Single-source
  (Latitude Media) → medium confidence.