Why Should Delaware Care?The popularity of artificial intelligence has sparked a boom in demand for facilities, called data center, that house the computer servers that power the internet. But those facilities have also drawn criticism from local communities for their water and electricity usage.
Developers behind two proposed industrial projects in New Castle County have indicated in recent planning documents that their developments may become data centers.
While documents don’t state definitively that the developments will become data centers, the engineering firm for both projects asserted in letters to the county that data centers do not require the same number of parking spaces as other types of industrial developments…