Billionaires & Data Centers
New County Council considers protecting all of Delaware from rising energy prices, or not
Episode Notes
Let’s talk data center ordinances! Well, just the one. There’s a big ordinance vote on Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30pm. New Castle County Council is set to make a decision that will affect everyone in the entire state, as it will directly affect energy prices throughout Delaware. This episode covers a bit about the ordinance, and digs into the opposition to it as well as several proposed amendments that would weaken its protections in the future.
Links
- List of NCCC meetings and locations (scroll for "County Council Meeting" on Tuesday Nov 18 at 6:30pm)
- County Council Meeting link for 11/18/2025
- Toole's amendment striking Abandonment's clause
- Kilpatrick's amendment adding additional retroactivity protections
- Kilpatrick's amendment removing community protections
- November 5th Spotlight article: NCCC may relent on regulating Project Washington data center
- November 16th Spotlight article: NCCo Council set to vote Tuesday on amended data center rules
- Elon Musk's diesel generators poisoning communities in Memphis: "How Come I Can't Breathe?" - Politico; 'We Are The Last Of The Forgotten' - Time
- Highlands Bunker podcast episodes on reassessment: Reassessment Reassessed, The Dark Triad, A Better World Is Possible?
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