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Recent New Hampshire data center news

• Jul 14, 2026

  New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium

  New York has announced a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers.

  • Governor Kathy Hochul signed the order into law, immediately pausing environmental permits for projects of 50MW or more while a regulatory framework is developed.
  • The framework will include a Generic Environmental Impact Statement on energy demand, water use and quality, and air quality, and local entities will receive guidance within 60 days on community benefits negotiations; the order also directs consideration of a New York Grid Acceleration Fund.
  • The article also references earlier and proposed legislation, including S.9144 introduced by Elizabeth Krueger and a proposed national moratorium, the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in March 2026.
• Jul 10, 2026

  DCF Poll: How Much of the AI Data Center Pipeline Will Actually Get Built?

  Data Center Frontier is posing a question about how much of today’s announced AI data center capacity will actually be operating by 2030.

  • The article frames the issue as an industry poll/vote prompt, not a project announcement, asking readers to judge how much of the announced AI data center capacity will be built by 2030.
  • It says future outcomes depend on securing land, power, permits, equipment, financing and community support, and notes that some projects may be delayed, redesigned, relocated or abandoned.
  • The piece includes an editorial note that elements were created with help from OpenAI’s GPT5, and promotes Data Center Frontier’s social channels and newsletter.
  • Contact information is provided for Matt Vincent at Data Center Frontier, including an email address and LinkedIn profile.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2026 Preview

  Data Center Frontier has announced a preview of the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2026, a conference focused on AI infrastructure execution, taking place August 4–6 in Reston, Virginia.

  • The episode features Matt Vincent speaking with Bill Kleyman of Apolo to preview the summit and its themes, including power-first site selection, liquid cooling, behind-the-meter generation, supply chain execution, and community acceptance.
  • The article says the industry has shifted from projection to execution and that announced megawatts are not the same as energized megawatts; it also highlights summit sessions and keynotes involving Rich Miller, Lee Kestler, NVIDIA, Meta, and the Open Compute Project.
  • The content is a podcast/article preview and commentary, not a new project announcement; it references the summit agenda and speakers, with the conference set for August 4–6, 2026 in Reston, Virginia.
• Jun 30, 2026

  Emergence Water and Nimbus: Water Joins Power as AI Infrastructure's Next Critical Constraint

  Emergence Water and Nimbus announced a partnership and discussed their combined approach to reduce municipal water dependence for AI data centers on a Data Center Frontier podcast episode published June 30, 2026.

  • Partnership and technical details: Emergence Water is pairing modular containerized atmospheric water generation (AWG) units (roughly 1,200 gallons per day per unit; ~410,000 gallons annually estimated for Wichita Falls, TX) with Nimbus’ highly water-efficient adiabatic cooling (Nimbus operates primarily in dry mode and uses water only during high ambient temperatures). The firms claim the adiabatic approach can reduce electrical consumption by 50%–60% versus purely dry cooling and the pairing aims to remove dependence on municipal supply for both construction and operations.
  • Context, regulatory and planning implications: The discussion was delivered as a podcast interview (Data Center Frontier Show, June 30, 2026) and emphasized long-term planning horizons (10–15 years) for water availability, noted a regulatory example (Southern Nevada prohibition on evaporative cooling), and highlighted construction-phase water demand (example: ~1 million gallons per data hall for filling/flushing liquid cooling loops at a Texas AI campus).
• Jun 29, 2026

  Q2 Executive Roundtable Recap

  Data Center Frontier convened an Executive Roundtable in Q2 2026 to examine production-scale challenges for AI-era data centre infrastructure, moderated by Editor in Chief Matt Vincent.

  • Main announcement/action: Data Center Frontier hosted an Executive Roundtable (Second Quarter 2026) featuring panelists Steve Altizer (Compu Dynamics), Joe Capes (Trane Technologies / Head of LiquidStack), and Robert Danforth (Rehlko) to discuss the Deployment Reality Gap, integrated power/cooling/facility operations, and scaling beyond prototype. The session is published as three themed Q&A pieces: “Building the AI Factory,” “AI Means Integrated Infrastructure,” and “Beyond the AI Prototype,” with individual panelist summaries linked from the roundtable.
  • Background and details: The discussion focused on concrete operational issues: power availability, cooling architecture, facility operations, supply chains, commissioning, and workforce readiness as interconnected disciplines; the content is a Q&A transcript/summary (not a regulatory filing or contract announcement) and is dated to the Executive Roundtable for Q2 2026, with published article links and individual panelist Q&A pages.
• Jun 24, 2026

  Construction employment rises in 30 states over past year, AGC reports

  The Associated General Contractors of America reported that construction employment increased in 30 states and the District of Columbia between May 2025 and May 2026.

  • Main announcement: AGC reported state construction employment increased in 30 states and D.C. between May 2025 and May 2026; Texas added 18,700 jobs (2.1%), North Carolina added 13,600, Wisconsin added 9,000, and Wisconsin posted the largest percentage increase (6.2%); California recorded the largest annual decline at 13,100 jobs (−1.5%).
  • Monthly detail and risks: From April to May, construction employment increased in 23 states and D.C., declined in 22 states, and was unchanged in 5 states; monthly leaders included Texas (+3,600) and Wisconsin (+2,900). AGC officials Ken Simonson and Jeffrey D. Shoaf cautioned that opposition to data center projects and uncertainty over federal transportation funding pose threats to future construction job growth.
• Jun 24, 2026

  Executive Roundtable: The Rise of Integrated Infrastructure

  Data Center Frontier hosted an Executive Roundtable with industry leaders (Compu Dynamics, Trane Technologies/LiquidStack, Rehlko) urging that power, cooling, and facility operations be designed as an integrated system to support next-generation AI deployments.

  • Main announcement/action: The panel recommended that integration be foundational, beginning at the first planning conversation and extending from the utility backbone to the IT rack, favoring modular or hybrid campus approaches (standardize utility feeds, central cooling, network pathways while allowing IT/cooling components to evolve). Panelists named Compu Dynamics, Trane/LiquidStack, and Rehlko as contributors to the discussion and emphasized simulation/digital twin use for pre-deployment validation.
  • Background and additional details: The discussion cites rising rack densities into the hundreds of kilowatts, liquid cooling becoming mainstream, and the emergence of POD-scale platforms; advocates include standardizing backbone infrastructure at the campus level, coordinating utility power, central cooling, and network pathways, and using digital twins to model interactions before buildout.
• Jun 22, 2026

  Building the AI Factory: Power, Cooling, and Execution at Scale Meets the Deployment Reality Gap - Q2 Executive Roundtable

  Data Center Frontier convened an Executive Roundtable for Q2 2026 to examine the operational challenges of deploying AI infrastructure at scale with senior leaders from Compu Dynamics, Trane Technologies/LiquidStack, and Rehlko.

  • Main announcement: Data Center Frontier hosted a Q2 2026 Executive Roundtable to discuss the shift from AI infrastructure planning to execution, with panelists Steve Altizer (Compu Dynamics), Joe Capes (Trane Technologies / LiquidStack), and Robert Danforth (Rehlko); panelists highlighted rack densities reaching hundreds of kilowatts per rack, growing mainstream adoption of liquid cooling, and hardware roadmaps that can shift every six to twelve months.
  • Background/details: The discussion emphasized concrete deployment constraints: power availability (grid/interconnects/transformer lead times), thermal management and liquid cooling integration, supply chain and construction execution, and the need for simulation/modeling, commissioning, and integrated systems engineering to move from prototypes to industrial-scale AI factories.
• Jun 18, 2026

  FERC Targets Grid Rules for Data Centers and Large Loads

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the nation’s six largest grid operators to justify or rewrite rules governing how large power users connect to the grid.

  • Main action: FERC issued show-cause orders to PJM, MISO, Southwest Power Pool, CAISO, ISO New England, and NYISO, requiring them to explain within 60 days why existing tariffs remain just and reasonable or to propose reforms, and directing each operator and its transmission owners to file a resource adequacy report within 30 days. The orders affect markets serving roughly 200 million Americans across more than 30 states and the District of Columbia and target five reform areas (transmission study processes; cost-allocation; co-location/behind-the-meter generation; new transmission services for flexible large loads; evaluation of proximate generation).
  • Context and details: The action builds on a Department of Energy large-load interconnection proceeding, follows review of more than 3,500 pages of comments, and is prompted by AI-driven data center demand. FERC said reforms should apply prospectively (not disturb finalized large-load arrangements) and left the broader DOE large-load docket open for potential additional action.
• Jun 17, 2026

  KKR Bets Big on AI Infrastructure With Helix Launch, Tapping Former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to Build a New Hyperscale Model

  KKR has announced the launch of Helix Digital Infrastructure to deliver vertically integrated AI infrastructure solutions.

  • Helix launch: KKR announced the creation of Helix Digital Infrastructure with more than $10 billion in long-duration committed capital, naming Adam Selipsky (former AWS CEO) as Co‑Founder and CEO, and citing founding partners KIA, NVIDIA, and Vistra; the company will manage and finance an integrated stack — land, data centers, power, transmission, and connectivity — to accelerate hyperscale AI deployments.
  • Background and concrete details: KKR positions Helix as an extension of its infrastructure platform after reporting more than $100 billion in infrastructure AUM and more than $70 billion invested across digital and power assets; Vistra is Helix’s preferred power partner and expects generation capacity approaching 50 gigawatts by end of 2026 and has executed more than 5,000 megawatts of PPAs with hyperscalers; NVIDIA will support DSX AI factory-aligned deployments focused on metrics like tokens per watt and time to first token.