Oracle · Benton, Michigan

OpenAI Stargate Michigan

1.4GW projected

The power of 1.1 million US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 1.4 GW by Dec 2028.

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Power over time

facility power · 4 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 4 Dec 2025 — Land clearing begins for the entire site
  2. 20 Jan 2026 — Land clearing continues for all buildings (1-3)
  3. 12 Mar 2026 — Groundwork is visible for Building 1, at the left end of the site.
  4. 31 Dec 2028 · projected 1.4 GW Buildings 1-3 operational. Based on when maximum power load will be provided by DTE energy (Dec 2027), which can be extended by a year. Source, page 3

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

Gas made 37% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. MISO · balancing authority

  1. Gas 37%
  2. Coal 26%
  3. Nuclear 14%
  4. Wind 15%
  5. Solar 6%
  6. Hydro 1%
  7. Other 1%

The grid of the utilities that serve Washtenaw County, MI. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 100 MW of new power in Washtenaw County, all storage

power plants in Washtenaw County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Voyager Energy Storage Storage · 100 MW · Jan 2027 · being built · Voyager Energy Storage LLC

In service in Washtenaw County today: 316 MW. Since January 2023: 140 MW added, 0 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. Related Digital website for this site
  2. Michigan Public Service Commission Energy Contract Approval, reports 1,383 MW as the site capacity
  3. Air Permitting, calls the site Project Mitten, includes site map
  4. DTE Electric’s contract approval
  5. Website with more details for locals about the site

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Benton. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.