The data center fight in Nottingham, New Hampshire
As of September 27, 2026, Nottingham, New Hampshire has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Sep 8, 2026).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Voters ratified a 12-month moratorium on data center construction 1,335-143 at the Sep 8, 2026 special town election; Planning Board had adopted it 5-0 under RSA 674:23 on Jul 1. Ordinance allows the town time to study land use, environmental infrastructure and fiscal impacts; planning board chair has said permanent zoning may follow. End date of the 12-month term not stated in the sourced reporting
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read 2026-09-10
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
6 stories tracked since 2026-06-05 across 5 outlets. 5× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. 1× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. Most recent: “Nottingham passes moratorium on data centers, over 90 percent vote in favor” (WMUR, 2026-09-12).
- Nottingham passes moratorium on data centers, over 90 percent vote in favor
- Nottingham data centers moratorium approved by town's voters
- Nottingham voters overwhelmingly approve moratorium on data centers
- Nottingham voters overwhelmingly approve moratorium on data centers
- Nottingham voters overwhelmingly approve moratorium on data centers
- Nottingham takes action after residents oppose data center plan
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 6 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in New Hampshire.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- New Hampshire briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in New Hampshire
- Rochester (14 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Bow (22 mi) — Under Reviewterm not documented
- New Hampshire (HB 1265) (23 mi) — Defeatedterm not documented
- New Hampshire (Ayotte) (23 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- New Hampshire (Senate) (23 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Canterbury (28 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Keene (61 mi) — Under Reviewterm not documented
All 8 tracked actions in New Hampshire are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.