The Buildout

American Buildout

Vol. I · No. 1
Covering America’s infrastructure buildout.
UpdatedTuesday, October 13, 2026

Section

Category: Data Centers


Buildout Tracker

Stargate Michigan (The Barn)

Buildout Tracker (beta): The Barn, Related Digital’s $16 billion Stargate campus for Oracle and OpenAI in Saline Township, Michigan, is under construction while the state’s approval of its DTE power contracts is under appeal and a wastewater discharge permit heads to a state hearing.

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Project Jupiter

Buildout Tracker (beta): Project Jupiter, the Oracle-anchored data center campus in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is under construction while its fuel-cell microgrid awaits a state air permit and its gas supply awaits a federal pipeline decision.

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Stratos Hyperscale Campus

Buildout Tracker (beta): Kevin O’Leary’s Stratos campus in Utah’s west desert — up to 9 GW — cleared a state (MIDA) approval in May 2026 but has become a local flashpoint, with a residents’ referendum denied and now before a judge, a county data center moratorium, and demands to disclose its water and power use.

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OpenAI Project Camellia

Buildout Tracker (beta): OpenAI’s $20 billion, 3.2 GW Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia has a 25-year Georgia Power deal and state clearance to proceed — and now faces two lawsuits over how the zoning and a ~$900 million tax break were approved.

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Microsoft Fairwater

Buildout Tracker (beta): Microsoft’s Fairwater campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin is fully operational, with a second facility due in 2028 — after a $3.3 billion first build (a dollar figure, not 3.3 GW), a $5 million incentive redirected to the village, and a residents’ noise lawsuit.

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Google Van Buren Township

Buildout Tracker (beta): Google's 1 GW campus in Van Buren Township, Mich., has its township tax exemptions, but Wayne County's executive vetoed the county incentive package on Sept. 25, and state regulators have not ruled on DTE's power contracts, which DTE asked them to approve by Sept. 10.

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