Dravo Shipyard - Harbor
IndustrialNew Castle County, Delaware · PJM
At a glance
Dravo Shipyard - Harbor is an industrial datacenter candidate site in New Castle County, Delaware, scoring 56.5/100 DC Readiness — 165th of 181 scored sites in the county. It sits in the PJM grid region and the DELMARVA POWER service territory, where interconnection has averaged 1.5 years from request to operation.
Power & interconnection
Speed to power
Shorter queues and healthier completion here — a faster path to energization than the national norm.
Connectivity
Site characteristics
Risk & environment
Location context
Regulatory climate
No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.
Site location
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How does Dravo Shipyard - Harbor compare with other sites in New Castle County?
Dravo Shipyard - Harbor ranks 165th of 181 scored candidate sites in New Castle County. Its 56.5/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 58.7. It is roughly in line with the Delaware average of 56.9 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.
Against the Delaware average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (99 vs 82) and its weakest is natural hazard (67 vs 80). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.
How close is Dravo Shipyard - Harbor to power, fiber and other datacenters?
The nearest located transmission bottleneck is NOTTINGHM 2-3 SER DEV A 230 KV (PJM), 25 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is IPR Wilmington CCC at 1.2 miles. 7 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is IPR Wilmington CCC, 1.2 miles away.
What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Dravo Shipyard - Harbor?
The site is in FEMA flood zone AE, a Special Flood Hazard Area — land with at least a 1% annual chance of flooding. At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates New Castle County "Relatively Low".
Full DC Readiness breakdown
All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.
Nearby comparable sites
Other scored datacenter candidate sites in New Castle County, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED LION | Substation-Adjacent | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.5 yrs | 70.6 |
| KEENEY | Substation-Adjacent | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.5 yrs | 70.6 |
| McKees Solar Park | Brownfield | — | 0 MW | 1.5 yrs | 69.1 |
| DuPont Newport | Brownfield | — | 1 MW | 1.5 yrs | 68.4 |
| HARMONY | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.5 yrs | 66.7 |
| UNKNOWN128201 | Substation-Adjacent | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.5 yrs | 66.4 |
| UNKNOWN132218 | Substation-Adjacent | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.7 yrs | 65.4 |
| DEEPWATER | Substation-Adjacent | 138 kV | 100 MW | 2.7 yrs | 64.7 |
Dravo Shipyard - Harbor: common questions
What is the DC Readiness score of Dravo Shipyard - Harbor?
Dravo Shipyard - Harbor scores 56.5/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 165th of 181 scored sites in New Castle County. The New Castle County average is 58.7 and the Delaware average is 56.9.
Which electric utility serves Dravo Shipyard - Harbor?
DELMARVA POWER (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.
What grid region is Dravo Shipyard - Harbor in?
Dravo Shipyard - Harbor is in the PJM region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 1.5-year wait from queue request to operation.
Is Dravo Shipyard - Harbor in a flood zone?
The site is in FEMA flood zone AE, a Special Flood Hazard Area — land with at least a 1% annual chance of flooding.
How far is Dravo Shipyard - Harbor from an internet exchange?
The nearest internet exchange facility is IPR Wilmington CCC, about 1.2 miles away; 7 fiber providers report service at the location.
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About this data
Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Dravo Shipyard - Harbor, New Castle County, DE”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/delaware/new-castle-county/dravo-shipyard-harbor-09bd132b (data as of October 10, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.
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