Data Center Registry
State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI)
Dover, Kent County, Delaware · All 2 Delaware Department of Technology and Information sites
State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) is an operating data center in Dover, Delaware (Kent County), operated by Delaware Department of Technology and Information.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Delaware Department of Technology and Information
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 801 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Kent County, DE, 19904
- Coordinates
- 39.1718, -75.5361 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- November 2023OperatingDTI RFP DTI230047-INTERNET (released Nov 2023) asks for internet service to 'the data centers located at' Biggs Building, 1901 N Dupont Hwy, New Castle, and 801 Silver Lake Blvd, Dover. Source: State of Delaware, DTI
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of October 1, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) in Dover, Kent County, Delaware appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
State government data center operated by DTI in the department's Dover headquarters building. DTI's modernization page refers to addressing 'lingering issues' at the William Penn Data Center and moving about 10 racks out of state for disaster-recovery compliance. It is paired with DTI's Biggs Data Center in New Castle. No capacity is published. Coordinates are a US Census geocode of the street address, and OSM Nominatim agrees.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) · Harrington · Maguire Hayden17 mi · Cancelled · 24 MW · Opposed
- Middletown Technology Center (Cirrus Delaware LLC) · Middletown · Cirrus Delaware, LLC21 mi · Proposed · 40 MW
- St. Georges Business Park & Lighthouse Farms · St. Georges · Parkway Gravel Inc.28 mi · Proposed · 300 MW · Contested
- Project Washington (Starwood Digital Ventures) · Delaware City · Starwood Digital Ventures28 mi · Proposed · 1.2 GW · In litigation
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) in Dover?
Nothing on record as of October 1, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) in Dover, Kent County, Delaware appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI)?
No lawsuit over State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) appears in the record we track as of October 1, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) use?
No water withdrawal figure for State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI), and how big is it?
Delaware Department of Technology and Information is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "State of Delaware William Penn Data Center (DTI)," updated October 1, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/delaware-dti-william-penn-data-center-dover-de.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/delaware-dti-william-penn-data-center-dover-de, retrieved October 11, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.DTI procedure 110304-P-025 Data Center Access: regulates access to the William Penn Data Center located in Dover and the Biggs Data Center located in New Castle · Delaware Department of Technology and Information · retrieved October 1, 2026
- 2.RFP DTI230047-INTERNET Addendum 1: internet access to the data centers at Biggs Building, 1901 N Dupont Hwy, New Castle and 801 Silver Lake Blvd, Dover · State of Delaware, DTI · retrieved October 1, 2026
- 3.DTI Data Center Modernization (ARPA IT modernization), references the William Penn Data Center · Delaware Department of Technology and Information · retrieved October 1, 2026
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