Data Center Registry
Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden)
Harrington, Kent County, Delaware
Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) is a cancelled data center in Harrington, Delaware (Kent County), operated by Maguire Hayden. The public record puts it at 24 MW planned. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Maguire Hayden
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Harrington, Kent County, DE
- Coordinates
- 38.9237, -75.5777 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 24 MW planned
- 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
- Opposed
- 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.
- August 2026ProposedMaguire Hayden proposed a 24 MW data center at the site of a former cold-storage warehouse in Harrington, DE, with a community-benefits package described as 'contributions totaling $1 million.' Source: Spotlight Delaware
- August 2026CancelledHarrington City Council voted unanimously to reject the zoning change needed for the project; per Spotlight Delaware the vote 'prompted cheers and a standing ovation' from residents opposed to the project. Source: Spotlight Delaware
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) in Harrington, Kent County, Delaware is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Council vote was unanimous against the project despite a proposed $1M community-benefits package; press described the rejection as met with 'cheers and a standing ovation' from residents in attendance.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Council vote was unanimous against the project despite a proposed $1M community-benefits package; press described the rejection as met with 'cheers and a standing ovation' from residents in attendance.
Notes on the record
No street address given beyond 'the site of a former cold storage warehouse' in Harrington, DE; location pin is Harrington's OSM place centroid (approximate). Article was published 2026-08-19 and refers to a council vote 'Monday' with no explicit calendar date, so statusHistory entries are dated to month-precision (2026-08) only. A separate, still-unidentified 100 MW project appears in Delmarva Power's internal 'Kent County' project list per a 2026-09 Technical.ly FOIA report; that report states press coverage could not confirm whether it is the same project as this one. Treated here as a distinct, unconfirmed lead and NOT merged into this record given the capacity mismatch (24 MW here vs. 100 MW in Delmarva's list), flagged in the wave summary rather than fabricated into its own record for lack of any name or location.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) in Harrington?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) in Harrington, Kent County, Delaware is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Council vote was unanimous against the project despite a proposed $1M community-benefits package; press described the rejection as met with 'cheers and a standing ovation' from residents in attendance.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden)?
No lawsuit over Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) appears in the record we track as of September 12, 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 Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden) 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 Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden), and how big is it?
Maguire Hayden is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 24 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Harrington Data Center Proposal (Maguire Hayden)," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/maguire-hayden-harrington-de.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/maguire-hayden-harrington-de, retrieved September 14, 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.Harrington denies data center proposal despite a $1 million offer · Spotlight Delaware · retrieved September 12, 2026
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