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Delaware City, DE · New Castle County · 39.578°N 75.593°W

Project Washington (Starwood Digital Ventures)

Starwood Digital Ventures

ProposedMixed-useReported

This facility is proposed and has not been reported as operational. Details are based on public filings and announcements as of .

Key facts

Location
Delaware City, DE, New Castle County
Capacity
1,200 MW planned
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Announced
2025-07
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Civic impact

Economics

Land
580 acres
Jobs
3,500 construction

Energy & water

Energy source
Grid · Utility: Delmarva Power & Light
Cooling
Closed-loop

Primary supply from the PJM grid via Delmarva Power & Light's Red Lion substation. The project's 516 on-site diesel generators are emergency backup, not primary generation; no on-site gas generation is proposed.

Starwood states the campus would use about 12.7 million gallons of water per year at full build-out, with a one-time ~600,000-gallon fill for its closed-loop cooling system; the regulatory filing cited a broader range of roughly 9.9-20 million gallons/year, and reviewers questioned whether that is low for a 1.2 GW campus.

Community sentiment

Litigation

DNREC Secretary denied Coastal Zone Act permit February 4, 2026 citing 516 backup diesel generators and 2.5 million gallons of stored diesel as unprecedented heavy industrial use under Delaware's 1971 Coastal Zone Act. Starwood appealed to Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board; hearing held March 24-26, 2026. Board UNANIMOUSLY UPHELD the denial March 26, 2026. Starwood expected to appeal to Delaware Superior Court and potentially Delaware Supreme Court; full resolution estimated 18 months to three years. First major CZA denial for a project of this scale in Delaware history. New Castle County legislators exploring new data center zoning category.

Delaware City data center faces major setback after environmental denial

Status history

  1. Proposed

    Starwood Digital proposed 11-building, 1.2 GW hyperscale campus on 580 acres adjacent to former Delaware City Refinery land (Hamburg Road/River Road/Governor Lea Road).

    Delaware City data center faces major setback after environmental denial

Location

Sources & data provenance

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