Discussion on a proposed data center in Nottingham began to flow in earnest a little over a week ago.
By Wednesday, May 27, an online petition had accumulated thousands of signatures, and protesters were preparing signs decrying the proposal. Some reached out directly to the applicant, Hampton businessman Tom Moulton, who said he was taken aback by the response. Ultimately, the outcry led him, that afternoon — through a “recently” retained lawyer — to send a letter to the town announcing he would withdraw the application, at least for now.
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