White Clay Corporate Center Data Center Redevelopment
Shelbourne · Newark, DE · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- White Clay Center Drive
- Coordinates
- 39.6828358, -75.7515682
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-12
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Exploratory plans filed with New Castle County in early December 2025 to redevelop White Clay Center Drive industrial buildings (including former JPMorganChase offices) into a 676,000 sq ft complex; a later filing described an 847,000 sq ft data center complex on the 44-acre site, demolishing seven existing buildings for three light-industrial buildings plus a guard shack.
Underlying source - Proposed
Non-binding pause negotiated by New Castle County Councilman Tim Sheldon with developer's attorney Shawn Tucker (email dated 2026-06-10), contingent on the county approving an exploratory-plan application that would grandfather the site under pre-2026 zoning and exempt it from the county's new data-center ordinance. Developer retains the legal right to build a data center on the property.
Underlying source
Source notes
Reported square footage differs across filings and coverage as plans evolved: 676,000 sq ft (Spotlight Delaware, plans filed early Dec 2025) vs. 847,000 sq ft (Newark Post, later filing). Both are recorded rather than resolved to one figure. Capacity in MW is explicitly 'undetermined' per Delmarva Power's internal project list obtained via FOIA and reported by Technical.ly, so no capacity is recorded. The pin is approximate: it is Newark, DE's city centroid (OSM). The specific parcel on White Clay Center Drive (near the Ogletown Road/Del. 273 and CarMax intersection) did not resolve via US Census or OSM Nominatim geocoding; the bare street name, a structured street+city+state query, and the 'CarMax Newark DE' landmark all returned no match.
Sources and provenance
- Two New Castle County industrial projects may become data centers · source retrieved 2026-09-12
- Data center complex proposed near Newark · source retrieved 2026-09-12
- County councilman says Newark data center plan paused after deal · source retrieved 2026-09-12
- Newly public records reveal four pending Delaware data center projects · source retrieved 2026-09-12
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.