Protests, policy shifts and power grids: Controversy over New Hampshire data centers intensifies

Protests, policy shifts and power grids: Controversy over New Hampshire data centers intensifies

Early-stage plans to build a hyperscale data center in Bow, N.H. have drawn opposition from residents and intensified debate among state politicians over how to handle the costs of artificial intelligence.Over 100 people gathered outside of a selectboard meeting in Bow, N.H., on Sept. 22 to rally against the plans to build an artificial intelligence data center at Merrimack Station, a former coal plant, according to Kendra Ford, an organizer of …