The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Town of Nottingham
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Pro-Data Center Policies
Nottingham has enacted a 12-month pause on new data-center construction while it studies zoning rules. The pause is temporary; the description does not say it affects existing centers.
Rating from New Hampshire statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Town of Nottingham.
current law · Town of NottinghamNottingham voters adopted a 12-month moratorium on any data center development within town limits, with 1,335 in favor and 143 against.Nottingham Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers Ordinance (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause data-center construction in Nottingham for 12 months while the town studies possible zoning rules. That blocks new projects during the pause, but it is temporary and the sources do not say it would shut down existing centers.
Timing
Twelve-month moratorium. Exact effective and expiration dates are not established by the reviewed sources; September 8, 2027 is an estimate only if the period begins on adoption.
People behind it
- Drew Stevens
Nottingham Planning Board chair; discussed potential future zoning changes.
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Twelve-month moratorium on data center development within town limits. The ballot describes prohibiting acceptance, processing, approval, or issuance of permits or approvals for establishment, construction, expansion, or operation of data centers.
Sources
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