Delaware Tightens Data Center Rules

Delaware lawmakers and local governments are advancing rules that would place more responsibility for electricity, transmission, capacity, reliability, and environmental impacts on large data centers.

House Bills 233 and 445 would create special oversight for large energy users and require plans to provide more of their own power, while a separate enacted measure limits nondisclosure agreements covering large-scale data center projects. The measures respond to concerns that rapid facility growth could raise costs for existing customers, strain the grid, and reduce public visibility into major developments.