---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Building the infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan"
description: "OpenAI breaks ground on a 1GW data center project in Michigan as part of Stargate, building AI infrastructure to expand access, create jobs, and support communities."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "labour_market", "openai"]
timestamp: "2026-06-01"
category: "labour_market"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 72
confidence: 0.9
---

# Building the infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan

# Claim

OpenAI breaks ground on a 1GW data center project in Michigan as part of Stargate, building AI infrastructure to expand access, create jobs, and support communities.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section five: labour-market and adoption evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a labour-market context signal rather than a single workflow proof point. It helps the thesis track whether adoption, education, wages, and institutional behaviour are moving in the same direction as the capability curve.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: labour_market
* Sector: Customer operations
* Capability: Education and workforce adoption
* Cope score: 72
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Building the infrastructure for the Intelligence Age in Michigan](https://openai.com/index/stargate-michigan-data-center)