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Data centers in Delaware City, Delaware

Delaware City has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Delaware City yet. New Castle County's own decisions are on the New Castle County page.

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The data center in Delaware City

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Reported Built from one source

    Delaware City Data Center

    Delaware City, New Castle County

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    1.2 GWthird party estimate
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

1 data center in Delaware City: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Delaware City's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its 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 Delaware statement, by speaker

The county and nearby counties

The county New Castle County Its decisions and every record in it

Every Delaware county.

Disclosed figures

1.2 GW power

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
Power1.2 GW101 third party estimate
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Permanent jobsNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Tax each yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record

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.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed11.2 GWNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Delaware City is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Delaware City is cooled.

Cite this page

Data Center Record, "Data centers in Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/de/new-castle-county/delaware-city, updated September 25, 2026.

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