After months of acrimonious debate, the New Castle County Council agreed to compromise Tuesday and passed an ordinance that imposes new regulations onto the rapidly growing data center industry.
The sweeping legislation includes new rules that require data centers to maintain buffer zones around them, and to use energy-efficient backup generators, among other regulations.
But the new regulations will not apply to the most controversial data center proposal in the state – the Project Washington development proposed near Delaware City – or a smaller complex proposed off Ogletown Road near Newark…