Benton, Michigan, United States
OpenAI Stargate Michigan is an AI data center under construction in Benton, MI, USA, with AI chips owned by Oracle and used by OpenAI. No IT power is online yet; it is projected to host an estimated 2,880k H100-equivalent chips — supported by 988 MW — at a capital cost of $37.4 B. The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery, company disclosures, regulatory filings, and chip efficiency.
Satellite imagery
CURRENT COMPUTE
0 H100-eq
0 8-bit OP/s
PROJECTED
2,880k H100-eq
5.70e21 8-bit OP/s
CURRENT IT POWER
0 MW
PROJECTED IT POWER
988 MW
CURRENT COST
$0.0 B
PROJECTED COST
$37.4 B
Land clearing begins for the entire site
Land clearing continues for all buildings (1-3)
Groundwork is visible for Building 1, at the left end of the site.
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
Read more about our methodology.