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Residents urge council to adopt guardrails for hyperscale data centers

New Castle County Council · February 10, 2026
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Summary

Public commenters urged New Castle County Council to pass ordinance 25101 and other controls on hyperscale data centers, citing large generator counts and massive power draws for proposed projects and potential community impacts.

During public comment at the Feb. 10 meeting, multiple residents urged council to adopt protections against hyperscale data centers and asked for passage of ordinance 25101.

Dale Swain argued that existing data centers are much smaller than…

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