Project Washington (Starwood Digital Ventures)

Facility record

Lifecycle

ProposedSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

825 Governor Lea Road

Coordinates

39.578, -75.593

Serving utility, source-reported

Delmarva Power & Light

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

1200 MW

Source record updated

2026-10-22

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

1. 2025-07Proposed

   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).

   Underlying source

Source notes

Largest proposed data center in Delaware history. 11 two-story buildings, 5 substations, 1 switch station, 516 emergency diesel generators on 580 acres. CZA permit denied February 4, 2026; denial unanimously upheld by Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board March 26, 2026. Appeal to Delaware Superior Court anticipated. Delaware Building Trades Council exclusive union labor agreement in place. Original $9.7B investment figure removed — not confirmed in any cited source. Coordinates approximate for Delaware City area.

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.

Sources and provenance

• Delaware City data center faces major setback after environmental denial · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Starwood Digital Ventures makes its case to overturn Coastal Zone ruling against its data center plan · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• DNREC Coastal Zone Status Decision — Starwood Digital Ventures (CZA-448SD) · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Delaware City data center environmental denial upheld by state board · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Starwood files to develop 1.2GW, 11-building data center campus in Delaware · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Proposed Delaware City data center could use between 10 to 20 million gallons of water a year · source retrieved 2026-07-06
• Mega Del. City data center awaits state-level approval; county officials still have concerns (Aug 19, 2025) · source retrieved 2026-10-20
• DNREC Coastal Zone Status Decision, Project Washington (Feb 3, 2026) · source retrieved 2026-10-20
• Data Centers in Delaware (Project Washington South Campus at 825 Governor Lea Road) · source retrieved 2026-10-20

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.