Nottingham Business Park data center (withdrawn)
Also called: PCC Nottingham Business Park LLC, Planning Board case 26-009
A local developer wanted to build a data center on about 40 acres at the Nottingham Business Park off Route 4. After strong opposition, the plan was withdrawn in May 2026. The developer said they may look at the site again later.
Where things stand: Withdrawn May 27, 2026, hours before the planning board meeting. Voters later approved a 1-year pause on data centers.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 2026): Voters approved a 1-year data center moratorium, 1,335 to 143.
What we know
- 📍 Where145 Old Turnpike Road (Nottingham Business Park), off Route 4, Nottingham, Rockingham County
- 🏢 CompanyPCC Nottingham Business Park LLC
- 🌳 Size40 acres
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What happened so far
- May 20, 2026News reported a plan for a data center on about 40 acres of a 100-plus acre property, with no tenant yet.
- May 27, 2026The developer withdrew the proposal hours before a planning board meeting that had been moved to the school for the crowd.
- June 3, 2026Planning board began work on a 12-month moratorium on data centers.
- Sept 2026Voters approved a 1-year data center moratorium, 1,335 to 143.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Nottingham voters approved a 12-month pause on any data center building in town, 1,335 to 143. It came after a plan to turn a big warehouse off Route 4 into a data center was pulled in May 2026. The Planning Board wants to use the year to write zoning rules, which could ban data centers for good.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- PB case 26-009 PCC Nottingham Business Park LLC - 145 Old Turnpike Rd - application · Town of Nottingham · May 2026
- Data Center Proposed for Nottingham Property · InDepthNH · May 20, 2026
- Data center proposal in Nottingham stirs controversy and statewide attention · NHPR · May 26, 2026
- Nottingham NH data center proposal withdrawn · NBC Boston · May 27, 2026
- Nottingham residents say they don't want a data center in town. The planning board is listening. · NHPR · June 4, 2026
- Nottingham voters approve moratorium on data centers · Vermont Public / NHPR · Sept 9, 2026
- Census geocoder: 145 Old Turnpike Rd · US Census Bureau · Oct 8, 2026
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