Starwood Digital Ventures Project Washington North DC3 River Rd New Castle Delaware

Status: Announced / Zoning & Environmental Review Phase   |   Location: River Rd (DE-9) & Hamburg Rd, New Castle, DE 19720, United States

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Starwood Digital Ventures Project Washington North DC3 represents the third hyperscale facility planned within the North Campus of Starwood Capital’s Project Washington development along River Road, also designated DE-9, in New Castle, Delaware. The building forms a core component of the multi-billion-dollar master plan, which encompasses approximately 1.2 GW of planned capacity across 11 multi-story buildings on a 580-acre site. DC3 is designed as a two-story, approximately 500,000-square-foot high-density data center engineered to provide 125.0 MW of gross power allocation and 100.0 MW of critical IT load. The facility is intended to support hyperscale cloud computing, generative artificial intelligence model execution, accelerated computing, and other compute-intensive workloads requiring substantial and reliable infrastructure capacity. Electrical power is anchored through high-voltage substation connections associated with Delmarva Power & Light’s Red Lion Substation, while static modular 2N and Block N+1 uninterruptible power supply systems provide multiple layers of electrical resilience for critical IT environments. Emergency diesel generators provide additional backup capability during utility interruptions and other grid events. Thermal management utilizes advanced 100% closed-loop air and refrigerant cooling infrastructure integrated with direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems, enabling efficient heat removal from dense GPU server racks while reducing reliance on water-intensive cooling methods. Strategically positioned along major Mid-Atlantic fiber routes, DC3 is designed to provide strong connectivity to key regional digital infrastructure markets. Subterranean dark-fiber entry vaults and dual carrier-neutral meet-me rooms enable access to multiple telecommunications providers, while direct express fiber routes provide low-latency connectivity toward major network and cloud hubs in Philadelphia and Northern Virginia. Zero-trust biometric security systems provide controlled access and continuous protection for critical infrastructure, customer environments, and restricted operational areas. With its substantial IT capacity, large floor area, resilient electrical architecture, advanced cooling systems, and strategic network connectivity, DC3 represents another major building within Starwood’s expanding Project Washington hyperscale campus.

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