New Castle County · Unincorporated New Castle County · #2026-02-06
Project Washington North Campus data centers
0 River Road, New Castle, DE 19720, Unincorporated New Castle County, DE · 2,500,000 sq ft non-residential, data center · 342.0 acres
About this project
Rezoning of about 342 acres on River Road from suburban to industrial, plus four data center buildings of 500,000 and 750,000 square feet (about 2.5 million square feet total).
Official description: Rezone subject parcel and propose two 500,000SF 72MW and two 750,000SF 144MW data center buildings with supporting site and electrical infrastructure.
- Owner
- New Castle Campus Development LLC
- Engineer / designer
- Douglas M. Eitelman
- Plan type
- Rezoning and Site Plan Review
- Land use
- Data Center campus
- Zoning
- S - Suburban → I - Industrial
- Water
- Veolia Delaware
- Sewer
- Municipal
- Status
- Complete
Filing history
- 2026-02-01 · #2026-02-06 · Rezoning and Site Plan Review
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $1.8B
- ~12,500 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~6,250 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)