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Michigan used conditional special-contract approval for DTE service to Google's planned Van Buren Township data center. Utility-service review does not authorize local siting.

In the historical record

utility regulation

Michigan conditionally approves DTE's Google service contracts

The MPSC conditionally approved special utility-service contracts for Google's planned Van Buren Township data center. Conditions address infrastructure costs, resource planning and protection of other DTE customers.

20 yearsProposed service-contract termPrimary Supply Agreement term described in the MPSC issue brief; approval remains conditional.Michigan Public Service Commission ↗
80 percentProposed minimum billing demandShare of contracted monthly demand billed as a minimum under the proposed agreement.Michigan Public Service Commission ↗
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michiganconditional approval
Sources and context

The MPSC regulates utility service; it does not decide local siting or construction permits. Acceptance of every condition and any later appeal were not independently verified.

Michigan Public Service Commission ↗
construction update

Oracle reports a construction labor milestone at The Barn

Oracle reported that workers had reached a cumulative construction milestone at the Saline Township campus.

1,000,000 hoursCumulative union craft hourscompany reported labor inputThe Barn construction to the disclosed milestonestatedOracle / Josh Pitcock ↗
Saline Township, Michiganunder construction
Sources and context

The milestone occurred before publication; the exact achievement day is not disclosed. Craft hours are labor input, not a job count or proof of operating capacity.

Oracle / Josh Pitcock ↗
groundbreaking

Stargate partners mark construction at The Barn

OpenAI and its partners held a groundbreaking celebration for The Barn. Oracle reported that campus construction was already underway.

1 GWCampus capacityplanned data center capacityThe Barn campus, OpenAI announcementstatedOpenAI ↗
Saline Township, Michiganunder construction
Sources and context

The event date is the ceremony, not the start of all physical work. Related Digital develops the campus; Oracle supplies cloud infrastructure; OpenAI is the compute customer. Blackstone-affiliated funds and PIMCO-managed financing are distinct from the operator. Utility supply requirements may differ from the stated compute capacity.

OpenAI ↗ · Oracle ↗
site announcement

Google announces a Michigan data center and energy agreement

Google announced a data center plan in DTE's territory and said it was evaluating a Van Buren Township site.

2.7 GWNew grid resourcesplanned energy resourcesSolar, storage and flexibility serving the Michigan agreementstatedGoogle ↗
DTE service territory; Van Buren Township site under evaluationproposed
Sources and context

Grid-resource capacity is not the campus's IT load. Site selection and construction approval were not established by the announcement.

Google ↗