A massive data center could be headed to the town of Bow, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filings and a social media post from New Hampshire’s consumer advocate.
The public filings describe an agreement for a preliminary, exploratory study on the “viability” of connecting a 350-megawatt project to the grid. The study, according to the filings, was to be conducted by Eversource Energy, which owns the region’s electric transmission system, at the request of Granite Shore Power, LLC, owner of Merrimack Station, a former coal-fired power plant in Bow.
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