MARA has Entered Into a Joint Venture Agreement with Starwood to Expand its US Data Center Portfolio
February 28, 2026
Starwood Digital Ventures
Starwood Digital Ventures is planning a massive new campus, dubbed Project Washington, on a 580-acre plot of vacant land along the Delaware River. This site is located about seven miles south of Wilmington and 35 miles southwest of Philadelphia.
The project will feature 11 buildings spanning a total of 6 million square feet (557,418 sqm), with a planned capacity of 1.2 gigawatts (GW).
Phase 1: Project Washington South will include six two-story buildings, each 500,000 square feet (46,452 sqm), for a combined 3 million square feet.
Phase 2: Project Washington North will add two more 500,000-square-foot, two-story buildings and three larger 700,000-square-foot (65,032 sqm), two-story buildings, totaling approximately 3.1 million square feet.
Construction on Project Washington could commence as early as Q3 2026, with initial operations targeted to begin in Q2 2028.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.09 miles | Project Washington North Expansion | |
| 0.78 miles | Project Washington South Expansion | |
| 0.92 miles | Project Washington South |
Starwood Digital Ventures is planning a massive new campus, dubbed Project Washington, on a 580-acre plot of vacant land along the Delaware River.
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| 6.53 miles | Verdantas: Newark 2 |
This facility is part of Verdantas' Newark Campus in Delaware.
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| 6.56 miles | Verdantas: Newark Campus |
Engineering and environmental science firm Verdantas has proposed the development of a new data center in Newark, Delaware.
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| 6.57 miles | DataCanopy: Newark |
Located in Delaware just outside of Philadelphia, DataCanopy's Newark colocation and managed hosting data center is equipped with advanced features and security.
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| 6.58 miles | Verdantas: Newark 3 |
This facility is part of Verdantas' Newark Campus in Delaware.
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| 8.16 miles | Lumen Newark DE | |
| 10.44 miles | DāStor: Wilmington |
The facility is considered the Wilmington NAP, and is network neutral with multiple carriers in place and a redundant fiber ring that connects to 401 North Broad Street in Philadelphia.
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| 10.74 miles | Level3 Wilmington I |
Starwood Digital Ventures is a subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group. Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a primary focus on global real estate. Founded in 1991 by Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital's hallmark is to invest opportunistically, moving between asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as the firm perceives risk/return dynamics to be evolving. To execute this strategy, Starwood Capital has built up asset-class and geographic expertise in our target markets. In its pursuit of the most compelling opportunities globally, Starwood Capital has invested in more than 30 countries, ranging from the Americas to Europe to Asia. Starwood Capital is led by seasoned professionals who have successfully navigated all stages of the real estate investment cycle, with dedicated teams focused on acquisitions, asset management, capital markets, capital raising/investor relations and accounting.
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