# Building the infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

DevFeed: [Building the infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-the-infrastructure-for-the-intelligence-age-in-michigan-6661.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center>)

Published: 2026-06-01T12:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [AI Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-infrastructure.md>), [stargate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stargate.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jobs.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [global-affairs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/global-affairs.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [jobs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jobs.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [partners](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partners.md>), [partnership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/partnership.md>), [stargate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stargate.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI has broken ground on The Barn, a 1GW data center campus in Saline, Michigan, as part of Stargate. The project includes commitments on infrastructure costs, water conservation, union and permanent jobs, community investment, tax revenue, and access to AI tools and training through Codex credits for eligible Michigan students.

## Source excerpt

OpenAI breaks ground on a 1GW data center project in Michigan as part of Stargate, building AI infrastructure to expand access, create jobs, and support communities.