Data center plan near Delaware City cut in half. Does it fit Coastal Zone?

The developer of the proposed data center near Delaware City has cut the original plan in half, from 6 million to 3 million square feet.

While New Castle County Council votes on land use decisions, the data center plan has to be approved under Delaware's Coastal Zone Act and be reviewed by the state's Preliminary Land Use Service.

The exploratory plan filed with the county includes six buildings for the data center plus an electrical yard.

The developer of the proposed data center near Delaware City has cut the original plan in half, according to New Castle County Land Use Department records.

But two hurdles in the approval process are out of the county’s control.

Initially, the developer proposed a 6-million-square-foot data center spread over 11 buildings on two properties east of