OpenAI breaks ground on 1GW data center campus in Saline, Michigan as part of Stargate AI infrastructure initiative
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Summary
OpenAI, alongside Governor Gretchen Whitmer and partners Oracle, Related Digital, and Walbridge, broke ground on "The Barn," a 1GW data center campus in Saline, Michigan. The project is part of the Stargate initiative and aims to build AI infrastructure in partnership with the community, creating jobs and supporting local economic growth. The development emphasizes responsible infrastructure building that benefits the people and communities involved.
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This project is moving forward because we have worked to build it in partnership with the community and because Governor Whitmer has helped create the conditions for Michigan to lead on projects like this.
From the beginning, our goal has been to build infrastructure in a way that does right by the people and communities helping make it possible.
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