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FirstLight Manchester Data Center

Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire · All 8 FirstLight Fiber sites

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated October 26, 2026

FirstLight Manchester Data Center is an operating data center in Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County), operated by FirstLight Fiber. The public record puts it at 2 MW operating.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
FirstLight Fiber
Facility type
Data center
Location
77 Sundial Ave, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH, 03103
Coordinates
42.9720, -71.4706 (approximate)
Power capacity
2 MW operating
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over FirstLight Manchester Data Center in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

Distinct from the existing FirstLight Portsmouth, NH record and from Consolidated Communications' separate Manchester site (770 Elm St, ~2 miles away) -- this facility is at 77 Sundial Ave. OSM matches a building named 'Sundial Center' spanning street numbers 1/3/25/77 Sundial Avenue (way/183679768), used in preference to the nearby US Census interpolation. Baxtel's New Hampshire directory page lists this site at roughly 14,000 sq ft; the facility-specific page describes it as a 'Tier II facility,' 'fully operational,' with power/space figures redacted pending direct contact with the operator. No numeric MW capacity confirmed.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the FirstLight Manchester Data Center in Manchester?

Nothing on record as of October 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over FirstLight Manchester Data Center in Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the FirstLight Manchester Data Center?

No lawsuit over FirstLight Manchester Data Center appears in the record we track as of October 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does FirstLight Manchester Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for FirstLight Manchester Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates FirstLight Manchester Data Center, and how big is it?

FirstLight Fiber is the operator on record. We hold 8 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 2 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "FirstLight Manchester Data Center," updated October 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/firstlight-manchester-nh.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/firstlight-manchester-nh, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.New Hampshire Data Centers & Colocation · Baxtel · retrieved September 21, 2026
  2. 2.FirstLight Manchester Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved September 12, 2026
  3. 3.FirstLight, Manchester, NH data center specifications · FirstLight Fiber · retrieved September 14, 2026
  4. 4.PeeringDB facility records for NH (fac 1452: ColoCenter.com - Manchester NH, 77 Sundial Avenue) · PeeringDB · retrieved October 26, 2026
  5. 5.Data Centers in New Hampshire (Firstlight Fiber Manchester, 77 Sundial Avenue, Manchester, NH 03103) · Inflect · retrieved October 26, 2026

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