A massive Oracle data center planned for rural Michigan secures $16 billion in funding

A massive Oracle data center planned for rural Michigan secures  billion in funding

By Lakshmi Varanasi
Publication Date: 2026-04-25 22:28:00

So far Data centers Go, it’s a big deal.

The Saline Township campus in Michigan, about 50 miles outside of Detroit, will have more than 1 gigawatt of capacity. This is huge. Most data centers have capacities between 100 and 300 megawatts.

And now the developer behind it, Related Digital, says it has secured the $16 billion needed to build it, with a little help from Blackstone and PIMCO.

The campus will initially cover 250 acres, making it one of the largest in the United States…