St. Georges Business Park (possible data center, Frightland land)
Also called: Lighthouse Farms, St. Georges Business Park
A landowner near the St. Georges Bridge filed plans for three very large industrial buildings, plus homes, on land that includes Frightland. Papers filed with the county say data centers are allowed there, and two county council members think it will be a data center. The developer has not confirmed this. The site is in Delaware's coastal zone.
Where things stand: Early plans filed in 2025. Papers say data centers are allowed there, but the developer has not said it will build one.
🕒 Latest update (Nov 2025): New early plans grew the buildings to about 3.2 million sq ft and dropped the word 'logistics'. An engineer's letter said zoning allows data centers.
What we know
- 📍 WhereLand just south of the St. Georges Bridge off US 13, on Port Penn Road, including the Frightland Halloween attraction, New Castle County
- 🏢 CompanyParkway Gravel Inc.
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Will the St. Georges Business Park buildings be data centers? 🙋 I'll find out
- Does the Coastal Zone Act apply to this project? 🙋 I'll find out
- Do the new New Castle County data center rules apply to this project? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- 2024Plans filed for three warehouses (2.5 million sq ft) and homes on the land.
- Nov 2025New early plans grew the buildings to about 3.2 million sq ft and dropped the word 'logistics'. An engineer's letter said zoning allows data centers.
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
County Councilman Tim Sheldon says he made a handshake deal with the developer's lawyer to pause the White Clay Center data center plan near Newark. The deal is not binding and the county is not part of it. In return, the county is expected to approve an early site plan that keeps the land under the old rules, so a data center there would not have to follow the 2026 county data center law. In September 2026 the owner filed plans to put a school program in half of one building, but its lawyer says it still wants the data center plan approved.
📜 Data center rules
County Council voted 12-0 (one member absent) for the county's first data center rules (Substitute 3 to Ordinance 25-101). County Executive Marcus Henry signed it on March 18, 2026. Big data centers may only go in industrial zones and must stay 1,000 feet from homes, or 500 feet if they can meet noise limits. Open-loop cooling is banned unless reclaimed water is used. Owners must clean up the site if they close. The rules are not retroactive, so projects already filed, like Project Washington and the White Clay Center plan near Newark, do not have to follow them.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Two New Castle County industrial projects may become data centers · Spotlight Delaware · Dec 16, 2025
- Three sites across New Castle explore data center conversions · Delaware Business Times · Dec 18, 2025
- Project Washington pulls appeal, data center won't proceed under current plan · Spotlight Delaware · Aug 28, 2026
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