The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has given DTE Energy permission to deliver 1.4 gigawatts of power to a planned data center that will be built in Saline Township, about 40 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. This data center project is part of data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-and-oracle-ink-deal-to-build-massive-stargate-data-center-total-project-will-power-2-million-ai-chips-stargate-partner-softbank-not-involved-in-the-project” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/openai-and-oracle-ink-deal-to-build-massive-stargate-data-center-total-project-will-power-2-million-ai-chips-stargate-partner-softbank-not-involved-in-the-project”>the Stargate data center project by OpenAI and Oracle, which aims to deliver more than 5GW of computing capacity. According to the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/18/saline-data-center-dte-energy-mpsc-approval-openai-oracle/87829962007/” data-url=”https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/18/saline-data-center-dte-energy-mpsc-approval-openai-oracle/87829962007/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Detroit Free Press, DTE filed an “ex parte” motion with the MPSC to get the nod for its contract without contest,…
