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Recent New Hampshire data center news

  • Fidium Breaking Ground on BEAD Work, Signing Hyperscaler Deals

    Fidium CEO Gaurav Juneja said the company has broken ground on a BEAD broadband project in Maine and expects New Hampshire and Vermont to follow. He made the remarks during a Fiber Broadband Association webinar.

    • BEAD project in Maine: Juneja said Fidium has broken ground on a Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program project in Maine.
    • Regional rollout and connectivity deals: He said New Hampshire and Vermont would hopefully follow soon, and added that Fidium is signing connectivity deals with hyperscalers. This appears to be a new status update from the CEO in a webinar, not a detailed project announcement with financial terms.
  • DCF Poll: What Will Constrain Data Center Growth Next?

    Data Center Frontier has published a poll asking what will constrain U.S. data center growth over the next two years.

    • The poll presents four options: power availability, community acceptance, capital availability, and execution / delivery.
    • The article frames the question around growing development challenges, including permitting, financing scrutiny, construction capacity, equipment lead times, and infrastructure delivery. It also includes author bio and social media links; no specific project or financial announcement is made.
  • Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed a comprehensive audit of all data center projects advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process, following a pause on new data center grid interconnections. - The audit instructs the PUCT and ERCOT to assess whether data centers pay their own way, provide their own power or rely on the grid, bring their own water or reuse water, mitigate impacts on neighbors, and disclose ownership and controlling interests. - Bloomberg NEF says the pause could affect about 49.8 GW of projects, with potential financial impact of upwards of $8 billion by Q1 2027; ERCOT has more than 470 GW of interconnection requests, about 90% tied to data center load, and expects 8.25 GW of new data center capacity online by 2030. This article is commentary/analysis referencing Abbott’s earlier-month directive and related policy developments, not a first-time primary announcement from the named entities.

  • The Next Data Center Constraint: Trust

    The Data Center Frontier Show released a podcast episode on community trust as a rising constraint on data center growth, featuring Buddy Rizer and Adam Waitkunas discussing opposition, community engagement, and political durability. - The episode aired on August 11, 2026 and focuses on how community acceptance may now constrain development more than power, land, or water.

    • Rizer said Loudoun County has more than 250 data centers, uses less than 10% of its water system, and has generated about $1.2 billion in tax revenue, yet distrust still dominates public debate.
    • Waitkunas argued for earlier engagement and stronger Community Benefit Agreements, including operational commitments on noise and traffic; both guests warned that moratoriums and local political backlash may increase.
  • DCF Trends Summit 2026: Execution Took the Stage in Reston

    Data Center Frontier has published a recap of the 2026 Data Center Frontier Trends Summit, highlighting the industry’s shift from projection to execution.

    • The article says the summit in Reston focused on converting announced megawatts into energized capacity, with sessions on power, land, transmission, permitting, cooling, density, and social license.
    • It also notes that the summit will move west to Glendale, Arizona, in May 2027, alongside the Microgrid Knowledge Conference. The piece is a conference recap and commentary, not a new corporate deal announcement.
  • The Data Center Industry’s Permission to Build

    Data Center Frontier has announced the theme and agenda focus for its 2026 Trends Summit in Reston, Virginia, centered on moving from projection to execution and on earning social license for data center growth.

    • The summit will take place August 4–6 at the Hyatt Regency Reston and will cover power, capital, site selection, construction, supply chains, cooling, density, commissioning, operations and community impact.
    • The article also cites current industry pressure, including New York’s one-year pause on certain environmental approvals for new hyperscale data centers, Montgomery County’s 18-month permit pause, and the collapse of the Prince William Digital Gateway approvals after public opposition and litigation.
  • The Gigawatt Buildout Faces the Execution Test

    The article is an analysis and commentary piece about the data center and AI infrastructure market, highlighting several recent announcements and deals rather than a single new announcement by one entity.

    • Alphabet raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to $195 billion-$205 billion, while OpenAI said it is developing Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia with 3.2 GW of power to be delivered from 2028 through 2032.
    • The piece also cites the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers by BlackRock, MGX and GIP, Hut 8‘s 15-year, 352 MW lease in Texas, and several financing and permitting pressures, including a possible $7 billion collateral requirement for Oracle in Wisconsin and $12 billion of financing for Meta’s Texas project.
  • Patented: Cardio Voyage Innovations’ Dual Heart Valve Device and 172 More Inventions Across North Texas

    Dallas Innovates reports that Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 in U.S. patent production for the week of June 23, 2026, with 173 patents granted.

    • 173 patents granted across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area; the region ranked No. 8 among 250 metros for the week of June 23, 2026.
    • The article is a news roundup/commentary on granted patents, not a first-time product or funding announcement; it highlights patents spanning medical devices, AI, transportation, energy, HVAC, networking, and manufacturing.
    • No contact emails or phone numbers are provided in the text.
    • The story references multiple local inventors and assignees, including Cardio Voyage Innovations, DFW International Airport Board, BNSF Railway, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Halliburton, and Lennox.
  • 10 Reasons You Cannot Afford to Miss DCF Trends Summit 2026

    Data Center Frontier has announced the 2026 Data Center Frontier Trends Summit, a three-day event focused on AI infrastructure execution, to be held August 4–6 at the Hyatt Regency Reston.

    • The summit will cover power, site selection, design, density, liquid cooling, investment, supply chains, commissioning, and community acceptance across sessions, roundtables, and tours.
    • Featured participants include leaders from EdgeCore, Schneider Electric, Motivair, Digital Realty, Compass Datacenters, NVIDIA, Meta, Open Compute Project, Equinix, Dominion Energy, Vantage Data Centers, NTT Global Data Centers, and Sabey Data Centers.
    • The article is a conference announcement and promotional overview, not a report on a completed project or deal.
  • Time to Power: Sage Geosystems CEO Cindy Taff on Geothermal’s AI Infrastructure Moment

    Data Center Frontier published an interview-style article in which Cindy Taff, CEO of Sage Geosystems, argues that next-generation geothermal can help meet AI data center power demand.

    • Taff says the industry has shifted from focusing on low emissions to securing enough energy and that time to power is now the most important metric for AI data centers.
    • She says Sage’s hot dry rock geothermal approach could be built where needed, and that a 5 GW geothermal buildout would require about 500 wells annually, compared with roughly 30,000 wells per year drilled by the U.S. oil and gas industry.
    • The piece frames geothermal as a dispatchable, firm baseload resource and notes that AI campuses may increasingly rely on behind-the-meter generation, storage, and dedicated infrastructure.

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