The massive data center proposal in New Castle County is dealt a significant blow.
Delaware’s Department of National Resources and Environmental Control has deemed Project Washington – the six-million-square foot project planned near Delaware City – prohibited under Delaware’s the Coastal Zone Act, which governs large industrial construction along the Delaware coast.
In a letter to the developer Starwood Digital Ventures, DNREC Secretary Greg Patterson said the decision was based on the project’s plans for continuous uninterrupted operations relying on an unprecedented number of diesel generators that could produce air pollution at heavy industry levels…