Stargate Michigan 'The Barn'
A hyperscale AI campus by Related Digital (OpenAI / Oracle) in Saline Township, MI, on the MISO grid. Status: under construction.
Grid and gas impact
At full buildout this campus is announced at 1,400 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 672 MW running by 2030.
At that level it would use about 4,415 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 409,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 52.5 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.
Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 3 of 4 bolts. Solid bolts mean the campus is operating or under construction.
Latest update. DTE signed a 1.4 GW contract, its first data center contract.
Fact sheet
- Index ID
- DC-072
- Campus
- Stargate Michigan 'The Barn'
- Developer / tenant
- Related Digital (OpenAI / Oracle)
- Segment
- Hyperscale AI
- Location
- Saline Township, MI
- State / province
- Michigan
- Country
- United States
- Metro
- Ann Arbor
- Grid region
- MISO
- Electric utility
- DTE
- Status
- Under construction (counts 80% toward 2030)
- Online / target
- Not disclosed
- Announced capacity
- 1,400 MW (Campus potential)
- Expected load by 2030
- 672 MW (index estimate)
- Annual energy at expected load
- about 4,415 GWh
- Power supply
- Grid (DTE)
- Added gas burn, average day
- 52.5 MMcf/d (index estimate)
- Impact rating
- (3 of 4; scale)
- Confidence
- B (Several consistent sources)
- Last reviewed
- November 3, 2026
Sources
- Upcoming largest data center projects in the United StatesBlackridge Research · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- AI is driving data center power demandBusiness Insider via AOL · 2026
- Third quarter earnings and utilities' data center momentLatitude Media · Nov 12, 2025
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How to cite
Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "Stargate Michigan 'The Barn'" (DC-072), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-072-stargate-michigan-the-barn/, updated November 3, 2026.