Data center profile · Saline Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.

Stargate Saline Township

Oracle and OpenAI's 1.4 GW "Barn" campus, won through a court settlement after the township said no

Under construction. All three halls are going up and the first is nearly done; first grid power is due in Jan. 2027 under the DTE contract.
Farm fields before construction began, Satellite image, Aug. 2, 2025
1,383 MW
grid load contracted with DTE Electric
utility contract basis; full load due Dec. 2027
$16B
project financing closed
Apr. 24, 2026 (press); $14B of bonds at 7.5%
1.65M sq ft
three single-story data halls
550,000 sq ft each
Jan. 2027
first power under the DTE contract
DTE's contract ramp; full load due Dec. 2027
OperatorOracle (leases and runs it); built by Related Digital
CustomerOpenAI (end user, through Stargate)
Planned IT capacity1.1 GW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2027 (range 2026 to 2027); company says 2027.
Next deadlineOct. 21, 2026: State hearing on the draft campus wastewater discharge permit
The site

Farm fields in the last sharp picture, Aug. 2025

The site on Aug. 2, 2025, the newest sharp satellite picture of it: working farmland, woodlots and a pole barn. Site work began in Feb. 2026, so everything built since has been seen only by coarser satellites. No substation is visible anywhere on the site yet, including the ground between the halls and the 345 kV line to the north.

Satellite overview12
Satellite image, Aug. 2, 2025. Pins placed from site coordinates.
  1. 1Data halls
    three buildings planned, in the middle of the site
  2. 2Substation (not yet built)
    searched between the halls and the 345 kV line to the north; only woods and graded ground
From orbit

Three hall roofs where there were farm fields a year earlier

On Aug. 2, 2025, the newest sharp satellite picture of the site, this block was farm fields (see the site view above). By Oct. 5, 2026 a coarse satellite view shows three large bright roofs, matching the three-building plan, plus another structure going up to the west and two ponds. Cranes and cooling units are too small to see at this resolution.

Three hall roofs where there were farm fields a year earlier
Ground map drawn from the lower-resolution image: vegetation, nothing builtbare or graded groundroofsgravel and padsequipment, asphalt or waterEdges are accurate to about 10 m.
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 5, 2026. Coarse view: each pixel is about 33 feet across
Quarter by quarter

Farm fields to three roofed halls in eight months

Ground first broke in Feb. 2026: the Feb. 27, 2026 frame shows the woodlot cleared and the parcel being graded. By Oct. 5, 2026 three halls are roofed and a fourth is closing on the west pad, with no substation yard built yet.

Satellite view of the campus, Oct. 5, 2026

Sentinel-2 satellite, 10 m resolution (coarser than the photos above).
Power

Power and the grid

1,383 MW contracted

DTE Electric grid supplyContracted and approved, not yet flowing
1,383 MW
contract load; ramps from Jan. 2027 to Dec. 2027, may slip to Dec. 2028 Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
DTE battery portfolio for the campusApproved with the DTE contract
1,383 MW
up to 1,383 MW of storage on DTE's system (not generation), built by DTE and paid for by the customer Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
First three battery projectsApproved Mar. 2026
332 MW
Fish Creek 132 MW, Cold Creek 100 MW, Pine River 100 MW; part of the portfolio above News report · April 2026
ContractedApproved
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)
Not used, not on record, or dropped

Stated capacity over time

Oct. 30, 2025
1+ GW
"more than a gigawatt" announced (company)
Dec. 18, 2025
1.383 GW
contract load in DTE's application (utility filing)
Feb. 17, 2026
1.4 GW
same load, rounded in DTE investor materials (utility)
Oct. 18, 2026
~1.12 GW
IT capacity implied by the utility figure (our estimate)

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Aug. 14, 2025
    Two substations on the site plan
    The approved plan shows two on-site substations, U1 and U2. Court filing · Aug. 2025
  2. Nov. 3, 2025
    DTE asks for fast-track approval
    Supply and battery contracts with an Oracle unit go to state regulators (Case U-21990), with no contested case requested. Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  3. Dec. 18, 2025
    Regulators approve, with conditions
    Service on DTE's large-power Rate D11 plus special contracts. The customer must cover its full cost so other ratepayers pay nothing. Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  4. Jan. 15, 2026
    DTE accepts the conditions
    Acceptance letter filed within the 30 days the order allowed. SEC filing · Feb. 2026
  5. March 27, 2026
    Batteries approved, rehearing refused
    First 332 MW of batteries cleared; the Attorney General's bid to reopen the case failed 3-0. State agency · March 2026
  6. April 17, 2026
    Approval appealed
    The Attorney General asks the Michigan Court of Appeals to overturn the approval, arguing it needed a full contested case (press). News report · April 2026
  7. Jan. 2027
    First load
    Power starts flowing under the contract ramp. Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  8. Dec. 2027
    Full 1,383 MW due
    The customer may take 12 more months, to Dec. 2028. Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  9. Not set
    Delivered power: none yet
    No energization date beyond the contract ramp has been made public.

What is next door

campus0.48 km · ITC 345 kV line (Lemoyne, Majestic, Milan)3.52 km · ITC 138 kV line (Lark to Leoni)5.58 km · Dorset substation (120 kV, ITC)6.25 km · Panhandle Eastern gas pipelinecampus1234
  1. 10.48 km · ITC 345 kV line (Lemoyne, Majestic, Milan)
  2. 23.52 km · ITC 138 kV line (Lark to Leoni)
  3. 35.58 km · Dorset substation (120 kV, ITC)
  4. 46.25 km · Panhandle Eastern gas pipeline

A 345 kV line passes half a kilometer away. Gas does not matter here: the settlement bans on-site power plants. Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

2 denied · 1 contested · 3 pending · 7 granted

Risks

What could slow it down

Also on record
Lawsuits

2 cases on record

Money

Money on record

$16B
project financing
$14B of bonds at 7.5% to 2045 (PIMCO about $10B), plus about $2B equity News report · April 2026
$40M
nonrefundable deposit paid to DTE
plus $2B of equipment ordered (developer's claim in court) News report · Feb. 2026
$4.8B
property listed for the tax break
$1.31B real estate, $3.5B equipment Local government · Jan. 2026
$14M
community payments in the settlement
$8M to three fire departments, $4M farmland trust, $2M township Court filing · Oct. 2025
$5M to $10M
decommissioning bond
due before occupancy; halls abandoned 5 years must be torn down Court filing · Oct. 2025
$10M
for the Saline Recreation Center
announced at the June 1, 2026 groundbreaking News report · June 2026
Land assembly

6 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (Feb. 2026 to April 2026); none lists a price. 11 related-party transfers are shown greyed. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. July 10, 2025
    Permits Developer applies to rezone 575 acres of farmland Court filing · Oct. 2025
  2. Sept. 10, 2025
    Permits Township Board says no, 4-1 Court filing · Oct. 2025
  3. Sept. 12, 2025
    Legal Developer and landowners sue the township Court filing · Oct. 2025
  4. Oct. 1, 2025
    Legal Board votes to settle News report · Dec. 2025
  5. Oct. 15, 2025
    Legal Court settlement rezones the land and approves the site plan Court filing · Oct. 2025
  6. Oct. 30, 2025
    Site OpenAI, Oracle and Related Digital announce the campus Company · Oct. 2025
  7. Dec. 17, 2025
    Money Blue Owl drops out of the financing (press report) News report · Dec. 2025
  8. Dec. 18, 2025
    Power Regulators approve DTE's power contracts on a fast track Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  9. Jan. 13, 2026
    Permits Air permit issued for backup generators Local government · Jan. 2026
  10. Jan. 28, 2026
    Legal Residents sue the township over the settlement News report · Feb. 2026
  11. Feb. 6, 2026
    Construction Construction starts News report · June 2026
  12. Feb. 9, 2026
    Money Land purchase, price not recorded: Feldkamp Siblings LLC to RD Michigan Property Owner I LLC, 7 parcels, recorded Feb. 2026 (county deed records) County deed records · Feb. 2026
  13. Feb. 20, 2026
    Legal Judge refuses a resident's bid to reopen the case News report · Feb. 2026
  14. March 2026
    Construction First steel goes up News report · Oct. 2026
  15. March 27, 2026
    Power Rehearing refused 3-0; first 332 MW of batteries approved State agency · March 2026
  16. April 17, 2026
    Legal Attorney General appeals the power contracts Court filing · April 2026
  17. April 24, 2026
    Money $16B financing closes News report · April 2026
  18. May 2026
    Legal Township treasurer resigns after threats News report · Sept. 2026
  19. June 1, 2026
    Construction Groundbreaking ceremony with Gov. Whitmer News report · June 2026
  20. Oct. 21, 2026
    Permits Hearing on the wastewater discharge permit News report · Sept. 2026
  21. Jan. 2027
    Power First load under the DTE contract Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  22. Dec. 2027
    Power Full 1,383 MW due (latest Dec. 2028) Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
  23. Feb. 28, 2045
    Power DTE contract term ends Utility regulator · Dec. 2025
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since March 2022: 1 FAA filing (Jan. 2026): a 220 ft crane; 2 OSHA inspections; and 48 satellite captures.

FAA filings
OSHA visits
Satellite
’22
’23
’24
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

1,650,000 sq ft
three single-story halls of 550,000 sq ft
Company · Oct. 2025
250 acres
developed, of 575 acres in the settlement
News report · Feb. 2026
~20,000 gal
expected water use per day
Local government · Jan. 2026
55 dB
noise cap at every property line
Court filing · Oct. 2025
~700
construction workers on site, Oct. 2026
News report · Oct. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Tenant and end user
  • Oracle: leases and runs the campus; guarantees the power contract
  • Oracle America Cloud Services LLC (formerly Green Chile Ventures LLC): signed the DTE contracts
  • OpenAI: end user, through its Stargate deal with Oracle
Developer and landowners
  • Related Digital (Related Companies): developer
  • RD Michigan Property Owner I LLC: bought the land and sued the township
  • Feldkamp Siblings LLC and Wilkin Farm Properties I LLC: sellers and co-plaintiffs
Power
  • DTE Electric: supplies the grid power and builds the batteries
  • Michigan Public Service Commission: approved the contracts
Money
  • Blackstone funds: about $2B of equity
  • PIMCO: about $10B of the bonds
  • Bank of America: sold the $14B bond deal
  • Blue Owl Capital: walked away Dec. 2025
Builders
  • Walbridge: general contractor
  • Atwell: civil engineer
  • Corgan: architect
  • kW Mission Critical / WSP: mechanical and electrical
Opponents and officials
  • Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General: fighting the power contracts
  • Kathryn Haushalter and other residents: suing over the settlement
  • Michigan Environmental Council, Sierra Club, NRDC: appealing
  • Judge Julia Owdziej: Washtenaw County Circuit Court
  • Jennifer Zink: township treasurer, resigned May 2026
Builders on site
  • Motor City Electric CO.: contractor on site per OSHA inspection 349041723
  • Osha Complaint inspection of Motor City Electric CO.: 1 OSHA inspection
  • Osha Complaint inspection of Walbridge Company: 1 OSHA inspection
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

384 records from 41 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, state agency records, company statements, securities filings, satellite captures, court filings, utility regulator dockets and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 17Dataset 9State agency 4Company 3SEC filing 3Satellite 2Court filing 2Utility regulator 1Local government 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (31)
  • Paper or real: Real: rezoning and final site plan via entered consent judgment; EGLE air and wetlands permits issued; MPSC contracts approved; $16B financing closed Apr 2026; construction underway since Feb 6, 2026 with
    “This Consent Judgment resolves the last pending claim and closes the case (2025-001577-CZ, entered Oct 15, 2025)”
    Court filing · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Utility service: 1,400 MW
    “DTE negotiated its first hyperscale data center contracts to provide 1.4 gigawatts of load to power Oracle's new data center in Saline Township, MI”
    SEC filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
  • Utility service: 1,400 MW
    “DTE negotiated its first hyperscale data center contracts to provide 1.4 gigawatts of load to power Oracle's new data center in Saline Township, MI”
    SEC filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
  • Interconnection status: Contracted and MPSC-approved (Case No. U-21990, Dec 18, 2025); construction started Feb 6, 2026 (tree); approval under Attorney General appeal since Apr 17, 2026
    “DTE negotiated its first hyperscale data center contracts to provide 1.4 gigawatts of load to power Oracle's new data center in Saline Township, MI”
    SEC filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
  • DTE's hyperscale contracts to serve the campus (1.4 GW of load) were approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission, per DTE's own 8-K-furnished earnings release - the power path for the campus is contracted and appr
    “The contracts, approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission, protect DTE customers by ensuring revenues from Oracle cover the costs associated with powering the data center”
    SEC filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
  • Utility service: 1,383 MW
    “approval of a primary supply agreement (PSA) and energy storage agreement (ESA) with Green Chile Ventures LLC, for supplying electric service to a 1.383 gigawatt (GW) data center facility”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Utility: DTE Electric Company (DTE Energy)
    “In the matter of the application of DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY for approval of special contracts, Case No. U-21990”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Grid operator: MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator)
    “the Customer will receive 100% of the incremental market revenues from the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO), net of charging costs”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Interconnection status: Approved: special contracts (PSA + ESA) conditionally approved ex parte by MPSC Dec 18, 2025 (Case U-21990); service under Rate Schedule D11; DTE filed its acceptance letter Jan 15, 2026
    “DTE Electric Company application for ex parte approval of special contracts, consisting of a primary supply agreement and energy storage agreement with Green Chile Ventures LLC, is conditionally approved”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Electric service agreement signed: Dec. 18, 2025
    “The special contracts are expected to become effective upon Commission approval in this case”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Rate class: Rate Schedule D11 plus special contracts (PSA/ESA); MPSC directed DTE to file a generally applicable large load customer tariff aligning with Case U-21859
    “DTE Electric states that it will provide electric service to the facility under Rate Schedule D11 (Rate D11) pursuant to the PSA”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “DTE Energy will serve the campus using existing excess transmission capacity (OpenAI announcement); supply under DTE Rate D11 special contracts with a DTE-owned, customer-funded off-site battery storage portfolio (ESA)”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • First power: Jan. 2027
    “DTE Electric states that electric load at the facility will begin to materialize in January 2027 and will reach maximum load by December 2027”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • large load tariff directive: directive issued
    “Within 90 days of the date of this order, DTE Electric Company shall file an application for approval of a generally applicable large load customer tariff”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Cooling: Closed-loop, air-cooled equipment circulating a water/refrigerant mix; high-water-use evaporative cooling prohibited by consent judgment Section 3(g)
    “Developer will not use a design that contains high-water-use evaporative cooling”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Substation: Two on-site substations shown on the approved site plan (Substation U1 and Substation U2)
    “Site plan overall layout (Exhibit B) labels SUBSTATION U1 and SUBSTATION U2”
    Court filing · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • Nearest substation: Dorset Substation (120 kV, ITC) - 5.58 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: Lemoyne - Majestic;Majestic - Milan (345 kV, ITC) - 0.48 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 138 kV: Lark - Leoni (138 kV, ITC) - 3.52 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: unnamed (gas, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company) - 6.25 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Stated campus size: 1,400 MW
    “1.4 GW Oracle data center (in plan) approved and construction started”
    Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • DTE portfolio context (NOT campus MW): 2.4 GW of executed data center agreements utility-wide (Oracle Saline 1.4 GW + Google Van Buren 1 GW), 5-6 GW additional pipeline, and nearly $2B of planned DTE storage investment s
    “Proven execution with contracts that protect customers and drive growth: 2.4 GW of executed agreements today”
    Company · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site power technology: Diesel emergency generator sets (14) plus 1 diesel fire-water pump; emergency backup only; no on-site prime generation (prohibited by consent judgment except emergency generators)
    “According to the developers, the only sources of emissions will be 14 diesel-fired emergency generators and 1 diesel fired fire water pump”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • IT capacity: 1,000 MW
    “announced plans to develop a data center campus with more than a gigawatt of capacity in Saline Township, Michigan”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Stage: under construction - vertical; financed; power contracts approved; on track against the announced plan
    “All campus buildings are now under construction, and the first of three 550,000 sq ft data center buildings is almost completed”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Oracle is hiring a Senior Data Center Construction Manager onsite in Saline, MI ('Lead the build of world-class data centers in Saline, MI... power OCI's growth'), and Related Digital has staffed Senior Project Manager r
    “Lead the build of world-class data centers in Saline, MI. As a Senior Data Center Construction Manager”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • large load interconnection request: approval appealed by the Michigan Attorney General (contested-case challenge)
    “Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an appeal with the Michigan Court of Appeals April 17, challenging the MPSC's conditional approval of the DTE-Oracle contracts.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Role of the on-site plant: backup (emergency only); backup generation is approximately 1% of total power load per the developer EGLE submission; genset MW not disclosed
    “The project will require backup generation for approximately 1% of the data center total power load, according to a document submitted by developers”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Backup generators: 14 units
    “The EGLE air quality permit issued Jan. 13 allows for the installation of 14 diesel backup generators and one diesel firewater pump for use during fire emergencies”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Generator units: 14 diesel backup generators + 1 diesel firewater pump
    “The EGLE air quality permit issued Jan. 13 allows for the installation of 14 diesel backup generators and one diesel firewater pump for use during fire emergencies.”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • large load interconnection request: special contracts approved (ex parte, conditional)
    “The Michigan Public Service Commission approved the contracts Dec. 18, 2025, allowing DTE to serve the facility under long-term, customized agreements structured for unusually large loads.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (76)
  • Time to service (months): ~3 (first contract load Jan 2027 per the approved PSA ramp) months
    “DTE Electric states that electric load at the facility will begin to materialize in January 2027”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • tenant lease: capacity 1,400 MW utility load (contracted)
    “DTE negotiated its first hyperscale data center contracts to provide 1.4 gigawatts of load to power Oracle's new data center in Saline Township, MI”
    SEC filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
  • Tenant status: signed lease / committed tenant (developed exclusively for Oracle; Oracle subsidiary Green Chile Ventures LLC is the MPSC special-contract counterparty)
    “DTE Electric seeks approval of a primary supply agreement (PSA) and energy storage agreement (ESA) with Green Chile Ventures LLC (Customer or GCV), a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Minimum bill terms: Minimum billing demand of 80% of contract capacity; Minimum Monthly Charge held constant at contracted capacity once maximum load is achieved, regardless of actual demand or D11 rate changes
    “the PSA provides that the MBD will be 80% of the contract capacity applicable for that billing period”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Current target date: Dec. 2027 (maximum contract load per DTE application; PSA permits a 12-month ramp delay, to Dec 2028)
    “the maximum load of 1.383GW will be achieved by December 2027; the PSA allows the Customer a 12 month delay in reaching the maximum load, thus, until December 2028”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Incentives: Enterprise data center sales and use tax exemption (MCL 205.54ee / 205.94cc): developer and/or tenant intend to pursue Michigan Strategic Fund certification; MPSC expressly made no finding on certification el
    “The Commission makes no finding as to whether the terms contained in the special contracts meet the requirements for certifications to be made to the Michigan Strategic Fund under MCL 205.54ee(6)(c)(iii) or MCL 205.94cc(6)(c)(iii)”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Conditions of approval: Consent judgment Section 3 (55 dB noise cap; no expansion; no solar farms; no evaporative cooling; 75-ft setbacks; water/well protections) plus MPSC U-21990 conditions A-K (cost-coverage represent
    “THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that: A. DTE Electric Company November 3, 2025 application for ex parte approval of special contracts with Green Chile Ventures LLC, is conditionally approved”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: scope Electric service for a 1,383 MW data center in Saline Township under Rate Schedule D11 plus special contract terms MW
    “approval of a primary supply agreement (PSA) and energy storage agreement (ESA) with Green Chile Ventures LLC, for supplying electric service to a 1.383 gigawatt (GW) data center facility”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: term Approximately 19 years from Commission approval through February 28, 2045 years
    “The contract duration is approximately 19 years starting with Commission approval, through February 28, 2045”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: extension option Option for two ten-year extensions years
    “with an option for two tenyear extensions, which, Mr. Foley notes, is longer than the five years required under Rate D11”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: minimum charge Minimum billing demand of 80% of contract capacity; Minimum Monthly Charge computed on 80% MBD or actual billing demand if greater;
    “in practice, this means the Customer Minimum Monthly Charge for a given billing period will be calculated using an 80% MBD as applied to the customer contracted load ramp capacity”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: ramp schedule Load begins January 2027; maximum load by December 2027; a 12-month delay in reaching maximum load is permitted (to December 2028) d
    “He states that the PSA allows the Customer a 12 month delay in reaching the maximum load, thus, until December 2028”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: termination Termination payment ensures recovery of at least 10 years of the Minimum Monthly Charge: MBD multiplied by the greater of (1) months f
    “the termination payment under the PSA will ensure that DTE Electric recovers at least 10 years of the MMC”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: termination (post-year-10) If the PSA is terminated after the tenth anniversary of the Load Ramp Completion Date, the termination payment equals 2
    “If the PSA is terminated after the tenth anniversary of the Load Ramp Completion Date, the customer is subject to a termination payment equal to 24 months of Minimum Monthly Charges”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: credit / collateral Parent guaranty bolstered by a letter of credit as necessary based on the parent credit rating; protects the company and other
    “The PSA credit and collateral requirements include a parent guaranty bolstered by a letter of credit as necessary based on the parent credit rating”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: rate change condition Customer may change rate schedules only with 24 months advance notice, no less than 24 months after load ramp completion, to
    “Customer will be subject to the PSCR surcharge and can change rate schedules only with 24 months advance notice, no less than 24 months after load ramp completion”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Primary Supply Agreement (PSA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: approval condition MPSC approval is conditioned on DTE representation that GCV payments under Rate D11 and the special contracts will cover the fu
    “the costs of serving Green Chile Ventures LLC (including generation, transmission, distribution, or other costs) are not covered by other customers”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: scope DTE develops an energy storage project portfolio up to 1,383 MW covering the Customer maximum load (self-builds, build-transfer agreements,
    “the company will develop an energy storage project portfolio that will cover the Customer maximum load”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: cost recovery Customer bears all costs of the storage portfolio; cost of each project recovered over a 15-year period following that project comme
    “the Customer will bear all costs associated with the energy storage portfolio for a 15-year cost recovery period such that no costs will be passed on to other customer classes”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: market revenues Customer receives 100% of incremental MISO market revenues generated by the storage assets, net of charging costs %
    “the Customer pays the full cost of the portfolio and receives the full benefit of any incremental capacity, energy, and ancillary service MISO market revenues generated by these assets”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: condition Each storage project deployed under the ESA must be submitted to the Commission for review and approval prior to construction condition
    “each project deployed under the ESA will be submitted to the Commission for review and approval prior to construction”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) - DTE Electric / Green Chile Ventures LLC: termination / credit clauses FINDING: the ESA includes termination and termination-payment terms and credit and collateral requirements among its
    “The ESA provides six key terms: (1) contract duration, (2) energy storage portfolio build, (3) pricing and annual reconciliation, (4) market credits, (5) termination and termination payment, and (6) credit and collateral requirements”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Owner companies: RD Michigan Property Owner I LLC (developer / land purchaser); Green Chile Ventures LLC (site holder and DTE contract customer)
    “Plaintiff RD Michigan Property Owner I LLC (Developer or RD Michigan) is a Delaware limited liability company”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Parcel IDs: R-18-18300-002 (Wilkin PA 116 parcel); R-18-19-100-01 Parcel 14 (Finkbeiner, ~79.97 acres)
    “Petition for termination of an Agreement relating to Parcel ID No. R-18-18300-002 pursuant to MCL 324.36101 et seq. (the PA116 Agreement)”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Land control date: Under purchase agreements with the landowner plaintiffs as of Sep 12, 2025; consent judgment required the developer to close by Apr 15, 2026 (6 months after entry) or face termination on notice
    “Owners, as sellers, entered into purchase agreements to sell the Property to Developer, as purchaser”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Incentives: PA 198 industrial facilities tax abatement: maximum exemption permitted for up to 12 years; Township approved an industrial development district and agreed to approve the Industrial Facilities Exemption Certi
    “The approval shall provide the maximum exemption and term permitted under Public Act 198 for the applicable qualifying property classes, and for a term up to twelve (12) years”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): approval / rezoning Property zoned I-1; Township deemed to have approved the Data Center per the Aug 14, 2025 Site Plan; the judgment constitutes Final Site
    “the Property shall be zoned I-1 and the Township shall be deemed to have given its approval for Plaintiffs use, development, construction and operation of the Property for the Data Center”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): no expansion The Project shall not be materially expanded to include additional data center buildings (para. 3(c)) terms
    “No Expansion of Data Center. The Project as depicted on the Site Plan shall not be materially expanded in the future to include additional data center buildings”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): use restriction Only data center and accessory uses permitted; no power generating facility except emergency generators; no sale or lease of the Project to a
    “The Developer, Tenant and/or condominium unit owner shall not construct or operate a power generating facility with the exception of generators for use in emergency situations”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): solar prohibition No solar farms permitted on the Property; the existing easement for a solar farm on approximately 127 acres shall be terminated by the Deve
    “Prohibition of Solar Farms. No solar farms shall be permitted on the Property”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): water / cooling condition No design with high-water-use evaporative cooling; water use limited to restrooms/domestic, humidity, landscaping, fire protection
    “Developer will not use a design that contains high-water-use evaporative cooling”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): noise condition Sound from operation shall not exceed 55 dB at all property lines; generators only for emergencies and testing, daylight hours, not more than
    “The sound emitted from the operation of the Data Center shall at all times not exceed 55db at all property lines”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): setbacks / screening Minimum 75-foot setbacks for buildings and parking from abutting property boundaries and the Michigan Avenue right-of-way; landscaped be
    “The minimum setback for any building constructed on the Property shall be: 75 from any abutting property boundary adjacent to the Property and 75 from the Michigan Avenue right-of way”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): community contribution - farmland $2,000,000 after IFEC approval and issuance of a building permit for vertical construction (whichever last occurs), plus an
    “Developer will contribute Two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars to the Trust Fund following approval of the Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for the Project”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): community contribution - township fund $2,000,000 to the Township after IFEC approval and issuance of a building permit for vertical construction (whichever
    “Developer will contribute Two Million ($2,000,000) Dollars to the Township following approval of the Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for the Project”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): community contribution - fire services $7,000,000 to Saline Area Fire Department; $500,000 to Clinton Township Fire Department; $500,000 to Manchester Fire D
    “the Developer agrees to contribute (A) to the Saline Area Fire Department the sum of Seven Million ($7,000,000) Dollars”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): condition precedent / termination If the Developer or its assignees/designees does not acquire the Property within six months of entry, any Plaintiff or the
    “If Developer or its assignees or designees does not acquire the Property within six (6) months of the date of entry of this Consent Judgment, then any of the Plaintiffs or the Township may elect to terminate”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): decommissioning Developer shall demolish at its expense and restore any Project building vacated and abandoned for 5 consecutive years; decommissioning suret
    “Developer shall provide the Township a decommissioning surety bond in an amount to be mutually agreed upon, but in no event less than $5 million or greater than $10 million”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): performance guarantee Developer shall post a $2,000,000 performance guarantee (cash, letter of credit or bond) before commencement of construction to ensure
    “the Developer shall be required to submit a performance guarantee in the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) to ensure completion of roads, grading, utilities and screening, berms and landscaping”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): tax abatement condition Township approval of the industrial development district and the Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate (PA 198; maximum exempti
    “Township approval of an industrial development district (IDD) encompassing the Property and approval for an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate (IFEC) for the Data Center are conditions precedent to the economic contributions”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Consent Judgment 2025-001577-CZ (Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court): water system / tax exemption cooperation If required by the State for the Developer/Tenant to qualify for the sales and use tax exemption, the Township shall
    “the Developer shall be required to submit a performance guarantee in the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) to ensure completion of roads, grading, utilities and screening, berms and landscaping”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Land purchase agreements: scope Sellers entered into purchase agreements to sell the ~575-acre Property to the Developer (recital in the consent judgment); price not disclosed in reachable sources terms
    “Owners, as sellers, entered into purchase agreements to sell the Property to Developer, as purchaser”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Source record
    “The parties to this Consent Judgment have agreed to settle this dispute”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Subcontractors: Design team per approved site plan: Atwell (civil engineering), Corgan (architect), kW Mission Critical / WSP (MEP); trade partners reported by ENR include Motor City Electric, Progressive Mechanical, Joh
    “Site plan title block (Exhibit B): OWNER/DEVELOPER RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER I LLC; CIVIL ENGINEER Atwell; ARCHITECT Corgan; MEP kW Mission Critical”
    Court filing · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: April 20, 2026 · Grantor: FINKBEINER · Grantee: RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER I LLC · Parcel number: R -18-19-100-005 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · April 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: April 9, 2026 · Grantee: RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER I LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-24-300-004 · Address: WILLOW RD · City: MANCHESTER”
    County deed records · April 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: April 9, 2026 · Grantee: RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER I LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-23-100-013 · Address: MCCOLLUM AVE · City: CLINTON”
    County deed records · April 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Feb. 9, 2026 · Grantor: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Grantee: RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-24-100-006 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Feb. 9, 2026 · Grantor: WILKIN · Grantee: RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER I LLC · Parcel number: R -18-18-300-002 · Address: BRAUN RD · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Feb. 9, 2026 · Grantor: WILKIN FARM PROPERTIES I LLC · Grantee: RD MICHIGAN PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-23-100-013 · Address: MCCOLLUM AVE · City: CLINTON”
    County deed records · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenants: Oracle Corporation; end user OpenAI (via the OpenAI-Oracle Stargate partnership)
    “We are proud to be developing this critical project exclusively for Oracle”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Square feet: 1650000 sq ft
    “consists of three 550,000 square-feet single-story buildings”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • General contractor: Walbridge (Detroit-based; construction manager per township, general contractor per Related Digital)
    “Walbridge, the more than 100-year-old construction firm founded in Detroit, Michigan, will serve as general contractor on the project”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer-tenant lease (Oracle): scope Campus developed exclusively for Oracle; the consent judgment (para. 11) references a lease between Developer and tenant in connection with the condominium documents. FINDING: lease
    “We are proud to be developing this critical project exclusively for Oracle”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • compute services (end customer): capacity 1,000 MW capacity (more than 1 GW; basis unstated)
    “today announced plans to develop a data center campus with more than a gigawatt of capacity in Saline Township, Michigan”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: July 25, 2025 · Grantor: ESTATE OF ALBERT M FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-19-300-010 · Address: 11600 W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · July 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: July 25, 2025 · Grantor: ESTATE OF ALBERT M FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-18-400-003 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · July 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: July 25, 2025 · Grantor: ESTATE OF ALBERT M FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-18-400-002 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · July 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: May 8, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-19-300-002 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · May 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: May 8, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-18-400-002 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · May 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: May 8, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-18-400-003 · Address: W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · May 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: May 8, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: R -18-19-300-010 · Address: 11600 W MICHIGAN AVE · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · May 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Jan. 3, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-13-300-010 · Address: BRAUN RD · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Jan. 3, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-13-400-008 · Address: BRAUN RD · City: SALINE”
    County deed records · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Jan. 3, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-24-100-006 · Address: WILLOW RD · City: MANCHESTER”
    County deed records · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Jan. 3, 2025 · Grantor: FELDKAMP · Grantee: FELDKAMP SIBLINGS LLC · Parcel number: Q -17-24-300-004 · Address: WILLOW RD · City: MANCHESTER”
    County deed records · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • phase delivery: delivery not named MW (load ramp window; phased MW not stated)
    “The Oracle agreement is for 1.4GW and has received regulatory approval, and construction has begun, with demand expected to ramp in the 2027-2028 timeframe.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 10000000000 USD
    “the site expected to offer 1GW of capacity and cost around $10bn to develop”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Development stage: under construction
    “The Oracle agreement is for 1.4GW and has received regulatory approval, and construction has begun”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction status: Construction started February 6, 2026 on the 250-acre campus ('Saline Barn'); ceremonial groundbreaking June 1, 2026; three 550,000-sq-ft single-story buildings; ~$16B project cost and ~700 construct
    “A groundbreaking was held June 1 for the $16-billion Saline Barn, a data center project already under construction”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Official construction launch ceremony for The Barn held with Related Digital, Blackstone, Oracle, OpenAI, Walbridge and Gov. Whitmer; ~700 workers on site by Oct 2026; separate $10M commitment to expand/modernize the Sal
    “On June 1, Related Digital, Blackstone, Oracle, OpenAI, Walbridge, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a launch ceremony for The Barn”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 16000000000 USD
    “The entire $16 billion financing package will fund the data center campus in Saline Township, southeastern Michigan (Bloomberg)”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Financing: Closed Apr 24, 2026: $14B of 144A bonds sold by Bank of America (7.5% coupon, priced 98.75, maturing 2045; PIMCO bought ~$10B) plus ~$2B equity from Blackstone-affiliated funds and Related Digital; total packa
    “Bank of America Corp. sold $14 billion of bonds tied to the project, in a debt sale that was anchored by Pacific Investment Management Co., according to a statement by the data center developer Related Digital (Bloomberg)”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Project financing closed/announced: $16B package ($14B 144A bonds via Bank of America, 7.5% coupon, due 2045, PIMCO ~$10B; ~$2B Blackstone-affiliated equity plus Related Digital equity); Related Digital, Blackstone and B
    “according to a statement from data center developer Related Digital, Bank of America handled the sale of $14 billion in bonds tied to the project, primarily underwritten by Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO)”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Financial Times reported Blue Owl Capital declined to finance the project after talks stalled over leasing/debt terms and Oracle leverage; Oracle confirmed Blue Owl is not involved and said its development partner select
    “Citing three people familiar with the matter, the FT reports that Blue Owl was in discussions with lenders and Oracle about investing in the data center project, but that negotiations stalled”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 7000000000 USD
    “The Wall Street Journal reported its value will top $7 billion (Bridge Michigan account of the Oct 30, 2025 announcement)”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (34)
  • OSHA Complaint inspection of MOTOR CITY ELECTRIC CO. (electrical contractor) at 11600 W. MICHIGAN AVE., SALINE, MI 48176; activity 349041723
    “MICHIGAN AVE., SALINE, MI 48176”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade A
  • Collateral: Parent guaranty bolstered by a letter of credit as necessary based on the parent credit rating; collateral-sufficiency risk borne by DTE Electric, not ratepayers (per MPSC order)
    “The PSA credit and collateral requirements include a parent guaranty bolstered by a letter of credit as necessary based on the parent credit rating”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Opposition: Township residents (Kathryn Haushalter intervention and mandamus actions); Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (contested-case motions, rehearing, Court of Appeals); U-21990 movants ABATE, Michigan Environm
    “As of the date of this order, there are 5,537 comments filed in the Case Comments section of the docket”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • special contracts approval (PSA + ESA): conditionally approved (ex parte)
    “DTE Electric Company application for ex parte approval of special contracts with Green Chile Ventures LLC, is conditionally approved”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • MPSC made no finding on Michigan Strategic Fund certification for the enterprise data center sales/use tax exemptions and noted voluntary green pricing programs may provide a compliance vehicle; the Commission also reser
    “the Commission also observes that voluntary green pricing (VGP) programs may provide a vehicle for the Customer to comply with the requirements necessary to qualify for the sales and use tax exemptions”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Michigan Public Service Commission: Virtual public hearing on DTE Electric application in Case U-21990
    “On December 3, 2025, the Commission held a virtual public hearing on the application via Microsoft Teams at which the Commission received comments from interested persons”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Michigan Public Service Commission: Order in Case U-21990: ex parte conditional approval of DTE-Green Chile Ventures PSA and ESA
    “At the December 18, 2025 meeting of the Michigan Public Service Commission in Lansing, Michigan. PRESENT: Hon. Daniel C. Scripps, Chair; Hon. Katherine L. Peretick; Hon. Shaquila Myers”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Rezoning date: Oct. 15, 2025
    “the Property shall be zoned I-1 and the Township shall be deemed to have given its approval for Plaintiffs use, development, construction and operation of the Property for the Data Center”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • rezoning application: submitted
    “On July 10, 2025, the Developer submitted an Application for Conditional Rezoning seeking to rezone the Property from the A-1 District to the I-1 (Industrial/Research) District”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • rezoning: denied 4-1
    “The Township Board at its regular meeting held on September 10, 2025, by a vote of 4 to 1, denied the request to conditionally rezone the Property for the Data Center”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • site plan / final site plan approval: entered / approved
    “This Consent Judgment shall constitute Final Site Plan approval for the Project”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • PA 116 farmland agreement termination: deemed approved
    “The Township shall be deemed to have given its approval of the Wilkins request to terminate the PA 116 Agreement”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Saline Township Board: Conditional rezoning of ~575 acres from A-1 to I-1 for the data center (application filed Jul 10, 2025)
    “The Township Board at its regular meeting held on September 10, 2025, by a vote of 4 to 1, denied the request to conditionally rezone the Property”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Saline Township Board and Planning Commission (joint): Public information meeting on the rezoning lawsuit and the proposed data center
    “The Township Board and Planning Commission held a joint public information meeting on September 24, 2025”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • appeal of U-21990 approval: appeals consolidated
    “These appeals are CONSOLIDATED to advance the efficient administration of the appellate process”
    Court filing · April 2026 · grade B
  • rehearing / reopening: petitions denied
    “the three members of the MPSC, each appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, unanimously denied the Attorney General motion to reopen and her separate petition for rehearing in case U-21990”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade B
  • Michigan Public Service Commission: Attorney General motion to reopen and petition for rehearing in U-21990; contested-case request for the six storage contracts
    “the three members of the MPSC unanimously denied the Attorney General motion to reopen and her separate petition for rehearing in case U-21990”
    State agency · March 2026 · grade B
  • industrial development district (PA 198): approved
    “The Township has agreed to approve the abatement for a period of 12 years. To implement the abatement, the Township has approved an industrial development district (IDD) encompassing the property”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • industrial facilities exemption certificate (PA 198): township approval agreed; state review pending
    “The total tax benefits that the data center owners will receive will depend on the State Tax Commission review of their application, which has not occurred yet”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • air permit to install: issued
    “The AQD has issued a permit for the developers to install the generators and pump (PTI0000135 v1.0)”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2025-AGL-15738-OE: The Barn, Mobile Crane, 220 ft AGL, 1084 ft AMSL, 42.11403,-83.89071, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-01-06”
    FAA · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Saline Township Treasurer Jennifer Zink announced her resignation during a May 2026 board meeting after weeks of public debate and threats over the data center
    “Treasurer Jennifer Zink announced her resignation during a board meeting in May after weeks of public debate over an AI data center in the township”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Related Digital Wastewater Treatment Plant, north side of US-12 between Willow a: Draft NPDES permit public-noticed - hearing Oct. 21, 2026; NOT yet issued
    “The proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, No. MI0060445, would cover the Related Digital Wastewater Treatment Plant”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • energy storage project approvals (ESA tranche 1): approved
    “The last three contracts listed are energy storage projects owned and operated by DTE Electric Co. that will serve the 1,383 megawatt (MW) data center being developed by Green Chile Ventures LLC”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • air permit: waiver granted
    “The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued a permit waiver to data center developer Related Digital Oct. 17, 2025 to begin installation of the generators”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • air permit: evaluation figures reported
    “The data center is expected to discharge 34.86 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, its largest source of air pollution”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • wetlands / water resources permit: issued
    “The wetlands permit, issued by EGLE on Jan. 16, allows developers to temporarily disturb a stream and install a culvert”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Washtenaw County Circuit Court (Judge Julia Owdziej): Hearing on Kathryn Haushalter motion to intervene in Case 2025-001577-CZ (Open Meetings Act challenge to the consent judgment)
    “Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Julia Owdziej sided with lawyers for Saline Township and the developer, and said by-right intervention is not possible in a closed case”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • A February 8, 2026 FOIA request to Saline Township (filed by a residents advocacy institute) sought attorney-representation and settlement records and asserted the consent judgment foreclosed a referendum and underlies b
    “Was the subject of a legal challenge filed by resident Kathryn Haushalter in December 2025, alleging potential Open Meetings Act violations”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Authorizes 9.12 acres of wetland impact at the site; 13.68 acres of mitigation c: Wetlands permit issued
    “The developer will acquire 13.68 acres of wetlands in the River Raisin Watershed to mitigate the loss of 9.12 acres of wetlands at the data center site”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Related Digital (Project Mitten): 14 diesel backup generators + 1 diesel firewat: Permit to Install issued
    “The EGLE air quality permit issued Jan. 13 allows for the installation of 14 diesel backup generators and one diesel firewater pump”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • MPSC granted DTE Energy's application for the Saline Township data center contra: Electric service contracts approved (expedited)
    “On Dec. 18, the Michigan Public Service Commission granted DTE Energy's application for quick approval of its contracts for the data center.”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Saline Township Board: Direction to pursue settlement of the rezoning lawsuit (consent judgment)
    “Lucas and Clerk Kelly Marion told Planet Detroit the vote to move forward with the settlement was held at a packed meeting Oct. 1”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Waiver applied for Sept. 24, 2025 allowed generator installation to begin before PTI: Installation waiver granted
    “EGLE issued a permit waiver to data center developer Related Digital Oct. 17, 2025 to begin installation of the generators”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Legal (5)
  • Developer and landowners sued Saline Township in Washtenaw County Circuit Court (No. 2025-001577-CZ) challenging the rezoning denial as exclusionary zoning
    “Plaintiffs filed this action on September 12, 2025, challenging the Township Board denial of the rezoning request on several grounds”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Lawsuits: (1) RD Michigan Property Owner I LLC et al. v. Saline Township, Washtenaw Co. Circuit Court No. 2025-001577-CZ, filed Sep 12, 2025, settled by consent judgment Oct 15, 2025; (2) Haushalter motion to intervene (
    “IN RE APPLICATION OF DTE FOR APPROVAL OF SPECIAL CONTRACTS, Docket No. 380334; 380362; 380364, LC No. PSC 00-021990: These appeals are CONSOLIDATED”
    Court filing · April 2026 · grade B
  • Attorney General Nessel announced a Michigan Court of Appeals challenge to the MPSC U-21990 approval (filed April 2026); environmental groups (MEC, Sierra Club, NRDC) also appealed and briefed in 2026 with the AG
    “IN RE APPLICATION OF DTE FOR APPROVAL OF SPECIAL CONTRACTS, Docket No. 380334; 380362; 380364, LC No. PSC 00-021990”
    Court filing · April 2026 · grade B
  • Developer counsel told the circuit court the developers had paid DTE Energy a nonrefundable $40 million deposit and that $2 billion in specialized equipment had been ordered (arguing delay would be prejudicial)
    “The data center developers have already paid DTE Energy a nonrefundable $40-million deposit and $2 billion in specialized equipment has been ordered, says an attorney for the landowners and developers”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Haushalter and other residents filed a separate complaint against Saline Township making a mandamus claim concerning the settlement and the January 2026 implementing zoning actions
    “Haushalter and other residents filed a separate complaint against Saline Township Jan. 28 that makes what is known as a mandamus claim”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (26)
  • Operator: Oracle Corporation (plans to lease, operate, and cause the facility to be constructed)
    “for supplying electric service to a 1.383 gigawatt (GW) data center facility in Saline Township, Michigan, which the Customer plans to lease, operate, and cause to be constructed”
    Utility regulator · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Aliases: The Barn; Project Mitten
    “SITE PLANS PROJECT MITTEN RELATED DIGITAL (site plan cover sheet, Exhibit B)”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Address: North side of Michigan Avenue (US-12), Saline Township, MI 48176
    “approximately 575 acres of land located on the north side of US-12 in Saline Township”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Acres: 575 acres
    “The subject of this action involves approximately 575 acres of land located on the north side of US-12 in Saline Township”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Phases: 3 data center buildings (single development under one site plan; developer may phase construction per consent judgment para. 12)
    “Developer shall have the right to develop the Property in phases, each of which shall include the infrastructure improvements necessary to serve such Phase”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Site plan approval date: Oct. 15, 2025
    “This Consent Judgment shall constitute Final Site Plan approval for the Project”
    Court filing · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • County code: 26161
    “FEMA flood panel 26161C0550 referenced on the approved site plan (Exhibit B)”
    Court filing · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • Buildings: 3 buildings
    “THE PROJECT PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF THREE SINGLE STORY DATA CENTER COMPUTE BUILDINGS (+/-550,000 SFT - EACH), a warehouse (+/-100,000 SFT) and an administration building (site plan narrative, Exhibit B)”
    Court filing · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • County code: 26161
    “buildings: Washtenaw County County MI (26161)”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Water use stated: 20000 gal/day
    “The developers anticipate that the facility will use roughly 20,000 gallons a day”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • Name: Stargate Saline Township (The Barn)
    “The Saline Township project—dubbed the The Barn for the historic red barn being preserved by the entrance to the site off Michigan Avenue”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer: Related Digital (a Related Companies platform)
    “The Stargate Michigan campus is being developed by Related Digital, with construction expected to begin in early 2026”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Acres: 250 acres
    “the campus, which is being developed on 250 acres in Saline Township”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Announced: Oct. 30, 2025
    “Today, we are announcing a new Stargate campus in Saline Township, Michigan, as part of our 4.5GW partnership with Oracle”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Original target date: none published (Oct 2025 announcement targeted construction start in early 2026 only; no campus COD was announced)
    “The Stargate Michigan campus is being developed by Related Digital, with construction expected to begin in early 2026”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • First vertical date: March 2026
    “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously stated that the first steel beams had been installed at the campus in late March 2026”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: vertical (all three buildings under construction; first building almost completed)
    “All campus buildings are now under construction, and the first of three 550,000 sq ft data center buildings is almost completed”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Workforce estimate: ~700 Michigan construction workers on site (Oct 2026); 2,500 union construction jobs expected over the build; 450+ permanent on-site jobs projected
    “Currently, some 700 Michigan-based construction workers are on the campus, but more than 2,500 union jobs are expected to be generated throughout the construction period”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Groundbreaking date: Feb. 6, 2026
    “More than 200,000 union trade hours have already been logged on the project since construction started on Feb. 6 (Walbridge, via ENR)”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Construction began Feb 6, 2026 with a June 1, 2026 groundbreaking; ~700 Michigan construction workers on site and 200,000+ union trade hours logged by June 2026; three buildings under way (trade press)
    “Currently, some 700 Michigan-based construction workers are on the campus, but more than 2,500 union jobs are expected to be generated throughout the construction period”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Site area: 250 acres developed on 575 acres of agricultural land north of Michigan Avenue (US-12), Saline Township; 47.5 acres under conservation easement
    “Related Digital is developing 250 acres of land in Saline Township and protecting and preserving 750 acres as open space, farmlands, and wetlands”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer announcement: OpenAI, Oracle and Related Digital announced the campus on October 30, 2025: 'more than a gigawatt of capacity' in Saline Township, developed by Related Digital exclusively for Oracle as part of t
    “today announced plans to develop a data center campus with more than a gigawatt of capacity in Saline Township, Michigan”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Code names: Project Mitten
    “The developer applied for the waiver Sept. 24, 2025 to begin installation of Project Mitten, referring to the data center, according to the state document”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Project name: Project Mitten
    “The developer applied for the waiver Sept. 24, 2025 to 'begin installation of Project Mitten,' referring to the data center, according to the state document.”
    News report · Sept. 2025 · grade C
  • Site acres: 250 acres
    “The 250-acre site - known as The Barn - will consist of three 550,000 sq ft single-story buildings”
    News report · 2025 · grade C
  • Buildings planned: 3 buildings
    “The 250-acre site - known as The Barn - will consist of three 550,000 sq ft single-story buildings”
    News report · 2025 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Maxar via Esri World Imagery Wayback; Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus). County deeds: ATTOM.