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 tho...