OpenAI will directly fund the required local energy infrastructure.
Boris Power#357
We’re breaking ground on Stargate Michigan—a 1GW data center utilizing closed-loop cooling that uses water at the rate of a typical office building, creates thousands of union jobs, and brings over $40m in free Codex credits for all college, community college, and trade school students statewide. https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/
OpenAI just broke ground on a 1GW AI data center campus in Michigan.
The project, called The Barn, is part of Stargate.
OpenAI says the project will pay for its own required energy infrastructure, avoid passing costs to local ratepayers, and use closed-loop cooling, meaning water is circulated rather than constantly pulled and dumped.
We’re breaking ground on Stargate Michigan—a 1GW data center utilizing closed-loop cooling that uses water at the rate of a typical office building, creates thousands of union jobs, and brings over $40m in free Codex credits for all college, community college, and trade school students statewide. https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/
OpenAI will directly fund the required local energy infrastructure.
Boris Power#357We’re breaking ground on Stargate Michigan—a 1GW data center utilizing closed-loop cooling that uses water at the rate of a typical office building, creates thousands of union jobs, and brings over $40m in free Codex credits for all college, community college, and trade school students statewide. https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center/
Positive users praise the 1GW Stargate Michigan data center for infrastructure, jobs, and community credits like free Codex access, while negative users dismiss the announcement over lingering anger at 4o deprecation and broken promises.