Data Center Registry
University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane)
Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) is an operating data center in Durham, New Hampshire (Strafford County), operated by University of New Hampshire.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- University of New Hampshire
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 1 Leavitt Lane, Durham, Strafford County, NH, 03824
- Coordinates
- 43.1436, -70.9524 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of October 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) in Durham, Strafford 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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Notes on the record
An enterprise/university data center building mapped in OSM at 1 Leavitt Lane, Durham, on the edge of the UNH campus. DC Hub labels it under the Portsmouth market. No capacity was published.
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.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- 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
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- 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.
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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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- Sanford Woods Data Center · Sanford · New England Energy22 mi · Proposed · Contested
- Merrimack Station Data Center (proposed, Bow) · Bow · Granite Shore Power (site owner; end developer not publicly identified)26 mi · Proposed · 350 MW · Opposed
- Consolidated Communications Manchester Data Center · Manchester · Consolidated Communications28 mi · Operating
- Crown Castle Fiber NH1 (1 Sundial Ave) · Manchester · Crown Castle Fiber (Crown Castle's Fiber Solutions business was sold to Zayo Group on 2026-05-01)29 mi · Operating
- FirstLight Manchester Data Center · Manchester · FirstLight Fiber29 mi · Operating · 2 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) in Durham?
Nothing on record as of October 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) in Durham, Strafford 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 University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane)?
No lawsuit over University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) 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 University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) use?
No water withdrawal figure for University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane) 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 University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane), and how big is it?
University of New Hampshire is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "University of New Hampshire Data Center (1 Leavitt Lane)," updated October 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/unh-data-center-durham-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/unh-data-center-durham-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.OpenStreetMap way 79056848 (telecom=data_center, operator=University of New Hampshire) · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved October 26, 2026
- 2.University of New Hampshire (data center listing, Leavitt Lane) · DC Hub · retrieved October 26, 2026
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