Statewide backlash over proposed data center forces town to move hearing to larger venue

Statewide backlash over proposed data center forces town to move hearing to larger venue

A proposed data center in Nottingham, New Hampshire, is causing uproar, with the entrepreneur behind the project yet to reveal many expected benefits.  What's happening? As NHPR reported, the development is drawing so much backlash that town officials moved a planning board discussion to a larger venue. The fight is quickly shaping up as a test of how communities balance promised tax revenue against concerns about power use, water demand, and lo…