Delaware has 1 data center site, 0 buildings where disclosed on the record: 1 proposed. It is in New Castle County. The largest proposal is Delaware City Data Center in New Castle County, 1.2 GW (third party estimate); it is reported.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware City Data Center Delaware City, New Castle County | Proposed | 1,200 |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record. All 1 Delaware project.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware City Data Center | Delaware City, New Castle | Proposed | 1,200 | third party estimate | centroid | 4 | 2026-09-25 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
| County | Census GEOID | Projects | Rules | How it treats data centers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle County | 10003 | 1 | ||
| Kent County | 10001 | 2 | ||
| Sussex County | 10005 | 0 | 0 |
A blank rating cell means no person has set one for the county. A county without a record is listed, not linked.
What the state and its counties and cities have decided. Each row is rated by what it has decided, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never by whether that is good or bad.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | state | Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed legislation requiring data centers to build clean energy to power their facilities. cleantechnica.com (opens in a new tab) news outlet Aug 26, 202616 acts on this rowEvery act on the Delaware row
| 16 | 2026-09-16 | ||
| Wilmington | city | not rated | A lawsuit was filed against Wilmington over the rezoning. azfamily.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Reported Sep 42 acts on this rowEvery act on the Wilmington row
| 2 | 2026-09-04 | |
| Harrington | city | not rated | Harrington City Council rejected an ordinance to allow data centers in manufacturing zones on August 17. baytobaynews.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Aug 171 act on this rowEvery act on the Harrington row
| 1 | 2026-09-23 | |
| Frederica | city | not rated | No dated act on this row yet. | 2026-09-03 | ||
| Dover | city | not rated | Dover City Council unanimously approved an 18 month moratorium on data center construction. spotlightdelaware.org (opens in a new tab) local outlet Oct 133 acts on this rowEvery act on the Dover row
| 3 | 2026-10-13 | |
| Kent County | county | Kent County approved new data center rules. wdel.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Jul 25, 20263 acts on this rowEvery act on the Kent County row
| 3 | 2026-08-20 | ||
| New Castle County | county | not rated | Commissioners debated whether complaint triggered acoustical testing should be mandatory versus discretionary. citizenportal.ai (opens in a new tab) news outlet Reported Sep 164 acts on this rowEvery act on the New Castle County row
| 4 | 2026-09-21 |
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.
No official summary on file for any of these 2 measures; each row links to the legislature's page for the text.
An Act To Amend Title 9, Title 22, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Data Centers.
S.B. 312 Signed
An Act To Amend The Laws Of Delaware Relating To A Moratorium On Data Center Development.
S.B. 353 Sent to the executive
2 bills tracked, 1 signed · LegiScan, CC BY 4.0
| Number | Session | Status | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.B. 312 | 153rd General Assembly | Signed | 2026-08-26 | An Act To Amend Title 9, Title 22, And Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Data Centers. |
| S.B. 353 | 153rd General Assembly | Sent to the governor | 2026-06-30 | An Act To Amend The Laws Of Delaware Relating To A Moratorium On Data Center Development. |
2 bills tracked in Delaware; 153rd General Assembly, legislature in session; last checked October 26, 2026. The last check found: 2 bills matched the watch terms as of October 26, 2026. Search terms: data center, data centre, large load, hyperscale, computing facility, server farm, high load factor (indirect), energy intensive facility (indirect), large electric load (indirect), digital asset mining (indirect), cryptocurrency mining (indirect), qualified technology facility (indirect), colocation (indirect), moratorium (with another term), sales tax exemption (with another term). The search on LegiScan. (opens in a new tab)
Bill data from LegiScan (opens in a new tab), licensed CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). The record chooses the bills, writes each stage in its own words and cites the legislature's own page for every bill.
| Member | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|
| McBride | D | Yea |
A blank party cell means the clerk's roll gives none.
| Member | Party | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Blunt Rochester (D-DE) | D | Nay |
| Coons (D-DE) | D | Nay |
A blank party cell means the clerk's roll gives none.
Positions as the clerk records them. How bills and votes are recorded.
Moratorium adoptedDover
Dover City Council unanimously approved an 18 month moratorium on data center construction
Moratorium adoptedDover
Dover City Council passed 18 month moratorium on AI data center applications
HearingNew Castle County
OrdinanceNew Castle County
MoratoriumDelaware
LitigationWilmington
Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester introduced legislation requiring a federal account of large data centers' environmental consequences.
Dustyn Thompson, Sierra Club Delaware Chapter Director, stated data centers are an existential threat to communities and environment
Every Delaware statement, by speaker (7)
Dover has not yet received any applications to build data centers in the city but has received inquiries from companies
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Delaware Public Media (opens in a new tab).
City council concerns include impact on rising energy prices from data center operations
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Delaware Public Media (opens in a new tab).
Paul Waddell, Dover electric director, said the city needs better understanding of how data centers might affect the electric grid and utility systems
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Yahoo (opens in a new tab).
Hoover cited study suggesting proposed data centers in New Castle County could raise wholesale electric rate in Delaware by 80 percent
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: Spotlight Delaware (opens in a new tab).
The proposed ordinance drew opposition from residents with concerns about water, sewer capacity, electricity, infrastructure, noise and potential community impacts.
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: WBOC TV (opens in a new tab).
On the November 3, 2026 ballot in Delaware: U.S. Senate (2), U.S. House, at large (3); 0 of 5 candidates with a statement on data centers on the record. Every candidate.
1 project is on the record in Delaware: 1 reported. Each is listed under Projects with its status history and sources. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveRecords are in 1 county: New Castle County (1). The county table lists every county with its count, zero included. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows above1.2 GW is disclosed across 1 of 1 record: Delaware City Data Center (1.2 GW, third party estimate, source (opens in a new tab)). Every record on file discloses its capacity. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveNot disclosed. None of the 1 record on file for Delaware states a water figure. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveNot disclosed. None of the 1 record on file for Delaware states a developer. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows above6 county and city rows are on the record, 1 of them rated: Kent County is rated case by case: Kent County approved new data center rules, July 25, 2026, source (opens in a new tab), Wilmington has no rating yet: A lawsuit was filed against Wilmington over the rezoning (reported September 4, 2026, source (opens in a new tab)) and Harrington has no rating yet: Harrington rejected ordinance that would allow data centers in city limits (reported August 18, 2026, source (opens in a new tab)). The state's own row is rated case by case, with 16 dated acts listed under the scorecard. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows above1 record is not yet running. New Castle County: Delaware City Data Center (reported). A county name opens its page with the map and every record there. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows above1 state law is on the record: S.B. 312 (signed, August 26, 2026, source (opens in a new tab)). The state's own scorecard row carries 16 dated acts, the newest reported September 16, 2026; the laws page has what each law requires in the words of its text. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows abovesummed only where a record disclosed the figure
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 1.2 GW | 1 | 0 | 1 third party estimate |
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 1 |
A blank cell means no record in Delaware disclosed the figure. Third party figures on the same metrics are listed apart below; a figure a project disclosed about itself is never mixed with them.
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 1.2 GW | 1 | 0 | 1 third party estimate |
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 1 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
The disclosed totals are in the table above.
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Delaware is for.
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 1 | 1.2 GW |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Delaware is cooled.
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