New Castle County · Unincorporated New Castle County · #2025-10-02
Project Washington - South Campus
825 Governor Lea Road, New Castle, DE 19720, Unincorporated New Castle County, DE · 3,000,000 sq ft non-residential, data center · 582.0 acres
About this project
A major land development for six 500,000-square-foot, 72 MW data center buildings with supporting site and electrical infrastructure on about 582 acres at 825 Governor Lea Road in unincorporated New Castle County.
Official description: Major Land Development for (6) 500,000SF 72MW data center buildings with supporting site and electrical infrastructure. Data centers on parcel 12-002.00-025
- Owner
- New Castle Campus Development LLC
- Engineer / designer
- Douglas M. Eitelman
- Plan type
- Site Plan Review
- Land use
- Data Center / Electrical Yards NAICS 518210
- Zoning
- HI/ CR (12-002.00-025) S (10-049.00-073) → Same as above - no change
- Water
- Veolia Delaware
- Sewer
- Municipal
- Status
- Complete
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $2.1B
- ~15,000 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~7,500 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)