Data centers in Kent County, Delaware
No data center in Kent County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. Kent County has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Kent County has adopted rules governing where data centers can go in unincorporated areas, requiring 300 feet distance between data centers and residents, noise limits, and written statements from water and electric providers, August 20, 2026.
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No data center in Kent County yet
No data center is on the record in Kent County yet. The first published record in Kent County puts it on the map and in the list here.
The cities in Kent County on the record (1)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Dover | 0 | 1 |
What Kent County has decided
2 bodies, 3 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Kent Countycounty
Kent County has adopted rules governing where data centers can go in unincorporated areas, requiring 300 feet distance between data centers and residents, noise limits, and written statements from water and electric providers, reported August 20, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- event
Kent County has adopted rules governing where data centers can go in unincorporated areas, requiring 300 feet distance between data centers and residents, noise limits, and written statements from water and electric providers
- approval
Kent County approved new data center rules
- event
- Dovercity
Dover City Council committee unanimously backed an ordinance to suspend acceptance, processing, review, approval and issuance of permits for new data centers for up to 18 months, reported August 20, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium
Dover City Council committee unanimously backed an ordinance to suspend acceptance, processing, review, approval and issuance of permits for new data centers for up to 18 months
- moratorium
What happened
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· Kent County
Scorecard event: Kent County has adopted rules governing where data centers can go in unincorporated areas, requiring 300 feet distance between data centers and residents, noise limits, and written statements from water and electric providers yahoo.com national outlet
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· Dover
Moratorium: Dover City Council committee unanimously backed an ordinance to suspend acceptance, processing, review, approval and issuance of permits for new data centers for up to 18 months yahoo.com national outlet
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· Kent County
Approval: Kent County approved new data center rules wdel.com local outlet
Nearby counties with records
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Kent County, Delaware", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/de/kent-county, updated August 20, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Kent County, Delaware", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/de/kent-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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