Nottingham conservation committee and master plan update subcommittee member
Kristen Lamb expressed concerns about water quality impacts, increased electricity bills and noise pollution from the data center
Data centers in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Rockingham County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Rockingham County itself; Nottingham, inside it, limits new data centers. The latest decision on the record: Nottingham residents voted in favor of a 12 month moratorium on data center development with 1,335 votes in favor to 143 against (Nottingham), September 9, 2026.
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The data center in Rockingham County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Nottingham Data Center (unnamed developer)
Nottingham, Rockingham County · Thomas Moulton
Latest, reported September 9, 2026: A feasibility study is planned in Bow for a hyperscale data center likely on the site of the former coal fired power plant owned by Granite Shore Power, LLC nenc.news local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Rockingham County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Rockingham County on the record (1)
| City | Projects | Rules | How it treats data centers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 |
What Rockingham County has decided
1 body, 2 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Nottinghamcity
Nottingham residents voted in favor of a 12 month moratorium on any data center development within town limits, reported September 9, 2026.
2 acts on this row
- moratorium
Nottingham residents voted in favor of a 12 month moratorium on any data center development within town limits
Also reported by 1 source
- nenc.news local outlet
- moratorium
Nottingham held a town vote on 12 month moratorium on data center construction by 2026-07-03
- moratorium
What happened
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· Nottingham
Moratorium: Nottingham residents voted in favor of a 12 month moratorium on any data center development within town limits ctpublic.org local outlet
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· Nottingham
Moratorium: Nottingham held a town vote on 12 month moratorium on data center construction by 2026-07-03 nhpr.org local outlet
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· Nottingham Data Center (unnamed developer)
Now reported: Moulton withdrew his application hours before the planning board meeting last Wednesday businessnhmagazine.com local outlet
What was said
Governor Kelly Ayotte proposed a statewide moratorium on data centers in next state budget
Kristen Lamb said residents want to move forward with a moratorium or make it explicit that data centers cannot be approved
Every New Hampshire statement, by speaker
1 more statement on this page
Nearby counties with records
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Rockingham County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Rockingham County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Rockingham County, New Hampshire", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nh/rockingham-county, updated September 25, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Rockingham County, New Hampshire", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nh/rockingham-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
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- county
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