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Delaware City Data Center

A state board upheld the environmental denial of a data center proposed for Delaware City, confirming rejection of the project on environmental grounds; the project was also exempted from new state data center regulations that took effect in March 2026. It is reported; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.

How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 4 sources, 0 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
1.2 GW
third party estimate [1]
Water
Not disclosed
Who leads it
Not disclosed
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs 1.2 GW third party estimate [1] baytobaynews.com September 25, 2026
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Not disclosed
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

Jobs once it runs, also reported: 700 jobs, 2026 (Technical.ly: Project Washington projected 700 permanent jobs and 3,500 construction jobs); 106 jobs per 100,000 square feet, 2026 (Technical.ly: Merck biologics center projects at least 106 permanent jobs per 100,000 square feet); 20 jobs, 2026 (Technical.ly: A typical 250,000 square foot data center employed about 50 full time workers in 2024, or about 20 jobs per 100,000 square feet); 12 jobs per 100,000 square feet, 2026 (Technical.ly: Project Washington projects about 12 permanent jobs per 100,000 square feet) .

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of New Castle County and Delaware City about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
New Castle County Commissioners debated whether complaint triggered acoustical testing should be mandatory versus discretionary. citizenportal.ai
New Castle County Planning Commission reviewed draft ordinance 568 for data center standards including noise, buffers, and enforcement. citizenportal.ai
New Castle County New Castle County put similar requirements in place after months of public conflict over a controversial project near Delaware City yahoo.com

What happened

No dated entry is on the record yet.

2 corrections to this record

Every correction, with its reason

  1. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

  2. · the kind of source of a history entry

    The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.

Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.

What was said

Paul Waddell, Dover electric director, said the city needs better understanding of how data centers might affect the electric grid and utility systems
Paul Waddell, Dover electric director · August 20, 2026 · paraphrased · Yahoo national outlet

Every statement about data centers in Delaware, by speaker

The site

Where in New Castle County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.

  • This record: Proposed, ringed
  • data center
  • Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

Where
Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware
How exactly it is located
County level, the county seat
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.

Comparisons

1 metric with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Permanent jobs

4 figures, 1 source
Not disclosedNot disclosed

No filing or developer document on the record states one.

700 jobsReported

Technical.ly, Sep 8, 2026

106 jobs per 100,000 square feetReported

Technical.ly, Sep 8, 2026

20 jobsReported

Technical.ly, Sep 8, 2026

12 jobs per 100,000 square feetReported

Technical.ly, Sep 8, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 700 jobs, Technical.ly: Project Washington projected 700 permanent jobs and 3,500 construction jobs
  • 106 jobs per 100,000 square feet, Technical.ly: Merck biologics center projects at least 106 permanent jobs per 100,000 square feet
  • 20 jobs, Technical.ly: A typical 250,000 square foot data center employed about 50 full time workers in 2024, or about 20 jobs per 100,000 square feet
  • 12 jobs per 100,000 square feet, Technical.ly: Project Washington projects about 12 permanent jobs per 100,000 square feet

Keep going

The county New Castle County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in Delaware Every Delaware project, the rules on the record and what comes next.

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Delaware City Data Center?

The record has one measure of its size: 1.2 GW (third party estimate, source). Its acreage is not disclosed.

Who is building Delaware City Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.

Who will use Delaware City Data Center?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Delaware City Data Center say it needs?

Power: 1.2 GW (third party estimate, source). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Delaware City Data Center stand today?

It is reported; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. No dated entry is on the record yet.

What has Delaware City or New Castle County decided about it?

New Castle County: Commissioners debated whether complaint triggered acoustical testing should be mandatory versus discretionary. (reported September 16, 2026, source); and New Castle County: Planning Commission reviewed draft ordinance 568 for data center standards including noise, buffers, and enforcement. (reported September 16, 2026, source). 3 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

What is still unknown about Delaware City Data Center?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is building it, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

  1. Delaware City data center developers still looking to move forward amid setbacks, baytobaynews.com, April 6, 2026, local outlet
  2. Delaware city advances 18-month data center moratorium amid power, water, and land fears - Yahoo, Yahoo, August 20, 2026, local outlet
  3. Delaware City data center environmental denial upheld by state board - Spotlight Delaware, Spotlight Delaware, March 26, 2026, local outlet
  4. New data center regulations go into effect, but not for Delaware City proposal - Spotlight Delaware, Spotlight Delaware, March 19, 2026, local outlet

4 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Delaware City Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/delaware-city-data-center-de, last verified September 25, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened.

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Slug
delaware-city-data-center-de
Status value
rumored
Stage
Proposed
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/de/new-castle-county/delaware-city
Coordinates
39.74833, -75.55139
Location precision
county
Location source
County seat (Wilmington), Wikidata, placed at county level
Coordinate source
wikidata county seat
Location source number
Not disclosed
Location last verified
September 16, 2026
EPA registry id
Not disclosed
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
third_party_estimate
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
1.2 GW, third party estimate
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-25