Data Center Registry

JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear

Bear, New Castle County, Delaware

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 1, 2026

JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear is an operating data center in Bear, Delaware (New Castle County), operated by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Facility type: Data center
Location: 501 Bear Christiana Road, Bear, New Castle County, DE, 19701
Coordinates: 39.6497, -75.6561 (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.

December 2021
Operating
DNREC draft Synthetic Minor permit APC-2003/0285-OPERATION (SM)(NSPS)(A5) covers twelve existing diesel emergency generators at the JP Morgan Chase Bank Core Data Center facility. The DNREC engineering memo describes 'JP Morgan Chase CDC 1' as 'a Tier 4 data center with highly redundant electrical systems.' Source: Delaware DNREC

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 1, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear in Bear, New Castle 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

Enterprise data center. The DNREC permit covers twelve diesel emergency generators: six at 19.6 MMBtu/hr, two at 19.8 and four at 20.3, each described in the DNREC memo as 3,058 HP. The original permit applications date to May 28, 2003. The 2021 amendment removed SCR systems from generators 5 to 8 and capped each generator at 124 hours/year. DNREC's public notice gives the address as Newark, while the permit itself says Bear. No IT capacity is published, so the capacity figure is left unset. dcmap.us shows an 'estimated' 34.934 MW that comes from no primary source and is not used. The latest primary evidence of operation is the December 2021 permit action. Coordinates are a US Census geocode of the street address.

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.

DāSTOR New Castle (3 Boulden Circle) · New Castle · DāSTOR LLC5 mi · Operating · 8 MW
STAR Campus Data Center & Cogeneration Plant (The Data Centers, LLC) · Newark · The Data Centers, LLC5 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
State of Delaware Biggs Data Center (DTI) · New Castle · Delaware Department of Technology and Information5 mi · Operating
White Clay Corporate Center Data Center Redevelopment · Newark · Shelbourne6 mi · Proposed · Contested
Project Washington (Starwood Digital Ventures) · Delaware City · Starwood Digital Ventures6 mi · Proposed · 1.2 GW · In litigation
Data Canopy Newark (350 Pencader Drive) · Newark · Data Canopy6 mi · Operating · 6 MW
St. Georges Business Park & Lighthouse Farms · St. Georges · Parkway Gravel Inc.6 mi · Proposed · 300 MW · Contested
DāSTOR Wilmington (1201 North Market Street, formerly IPR Wilmington) · Wilmington · DāSTOR LLC9 mi · Operating · 4 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear in Bear?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear?

No lawsuit over JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear 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 JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear use?

No water withdrawal figure for JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear 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 JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear, and how big is it?

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "JPMorgan Chase Core Data Center 1 (CDC1), Bear," updated October 1, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/jpmorgan-chase-cdc1-bear-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/jpmorgan-chase-cdc1-bear-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.DNREC Division of Air Quality: draft permit APC-2003/0285-OPERATION (SM)(NSPS)(A5), twelve emergency generators, JP Morgan Data Center CDC1, 501 Bear Christiana Road (Dec 2021) · Delaware DNREC · retrieved October 1, 2026
2.Title V Synthetic Minor Permit Applications: JP Morgan (501 Bear Christiana Road), public notice Dec 12, 2021 · Delaware DNREC · retrieved October 1, 2026

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