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Sen. Altschuler urges restoring local protections in revised data‑center zoning bill
Summary
Senator Deborah Altschuler told the Municipal and County Government Committee SB 439 was weakened by a senate amendment that removed utility confirmation, noise protections, design standards and shrank local oversight, and urged restoring the bill’s original limits to keep municipalities informed and shield ratepayers.
Senator Deborah Altschuler urged lawmakers to restore provisions stripped from Senate Bill 439, saying the senate amendment reduced a substantive regulatory framework to ‘‘a shell’’ that would allow large data‑center operations to evade meaningful local oversight.
Altschuler, the bill’s prime sponsor, told the committee SB 439 was drafted to give New Hampshire municipalities tools to manage a fast‑growing industry that can demand substantial electricity, water and round‑the‑clock mechanical noise. She said the original bill limited data‑center exemptions to facilities…
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