Missouri local moratoria
Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Missouri, current through August 19, 2026.
14 instruments — 12 in force, 0 pending, 2 past.
State policy is tracked separately: 7 actions (7 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Enacted | Sectors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Camdenton | City | 2026-05-05 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| City of Columbia | City | 2026-05 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| City of Independence | City | 2026-07-06 | data center, battery storage | 🟢 Active |
| City of Neosho | City | 2026-07-07 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| City of Peculiar | City | 2024-08-19 | data center | ⚪ Replaced |
| City of Springfield | City | 2026-06-29 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| City of St. Charles | City | 2025-08-22 | data center | ⚪ Replaced |
| City of St. Joseph | City | 2026-07-20 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| City of St. Peters | City | 2026-05-14 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Jackson County | County | 2026-06-22 | data center, battery storage | 🟢 Active |
| Marion County | County | 2026-06-15 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Nodaway County | County | 2026-07-21 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| St. Charles County | County | 2026-07-13 | data center | 🟢 Active |
| Webster County | County | 2026-06-16 | data center, solar, wind, battery storage | 🟢 Active |
Detailed entries
City of Camdenton
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-05-05 (Board of Aldermen unanimous vote)
- Normalized date:
2026-05-05(exact) - Duration: Up to 12 months, or earlier if permanent regulations are adopted
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-camdenton-2026 - Legal basis: Board of Aldermen ordinance approved 2026-05-05 (unanimous); official ordinance number and text not located in sources reviewed [VERIFY]
- What prompted it: Pause on data center approvals, permits, and construction while the city studies permanent regulation; contemporaneous opposition to the proposed Wildwood Ranch data center
- Affected projects: Wildwood Ranch data center proposal; city also rescinded earlier support for an Opportunity Zone associated with a possible data center
- Detailed status: Active per local reporting; official ordinance number not confirmed. [VERIFY] [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a temporary moratorium on data center approvals, permits, and construction while the city studies permanent regulation
City of Columbia
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-05 (Columbia City Council; exact day not found in sources reviewed).
- Normalized date:
2026-05(month_only) - Duration: Until May 2027 (per Columbia Missourian: "placed a moratorium, which prevents new data centers from being built, until May 2027"; Missouri Rural Crisis Center separately described it as a halt "until Spring 2027").
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-columbia-2026 - Legal basis: Columbia City Council moratorium preventing new data centers from being built (ordinance/resolution number not located); followed an April 2026 council action defining 'data centers' in the zoning code.
- What prompted it: Regulatory gap: council defined data centers in zoning code in April 2026, then paused new data-center construction while the Planning & Zoning Commission drafts permanent regulations (commission meetings continuing through at least November 2026, with a council vote expected in 2027).
- Affected projects: Not specified in sources reviewed.
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; Planning & Zoning Commission still drafting permanent regulations as of June 2026 reporting. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: City Council placed a moratorium preventing new data centers from being built while permanent zoning regulations are drafted.
City of Independence
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-07-06 (City Council, 7-0)
- Normalized date:
2026-07-06(exact) - Duration: 180 days
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center, battery storage
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-independence-2026 - Legal basis: City Council vote 7-0; final ordinance/resolution instrument number not identified in city release [VERIFY]
- What prompted it: Pause on accepting, processing, or issuing permits, licenses, and applications for new data centers and battery energy storage systems while the city develops zoning and regulatory standards
- Affected projects: Nebius project exempted (application already submitted/authorized/approved)
- Detailed status: Active per city release
- Outcome: City Council voted 7-0 for a 180-day moratorium on accepting, processing, or issuing permits for new data centers and battery energy storage systems
City of Neosho
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-07-07 (City Council, unanimous)
- Normalized date:
2026-07-07(exact) - Duration: One year
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-neosho-2026 - Legal basis: Resolution Bill No. 2026-20 [VERIFY: final signed resolution not located in public meeting portal]
- What prompted it: City developing standards for data center projects; post-meeting coverage reported at least one company had expressed interest in city-owned land
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Reported active; final signed resolution not located. [VERIFY] [VERIFY instrument number not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium while the city develops standards for data center projects
City of Peculiar
- Type: City
- Status: ⚪ Replaced
- Date enacted: 2024-08-19
- Normalized date:
2024-08-19(exact) - Duration: 100 days
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-peculiar-2024 - Legal basis: Resolution 2024-43 (data center moratorium)
- What prompted it: Concerns about data center facility impacts; need for regulatory framework
- Affected projects: A proposed hyperscale data center campus spanning approximately 500 acres with multiple buildings adjacent to residential areas; a Data Center Dynamics headline identifies the project as a '$1.5bn Diode project,' though this could not be independently corroborated beyond the headline (the article body did not load for automated review).
- Detailed status: Superseded before its natural 2024-11-27 end date: on 2024-10-21 the Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to permanently remove the 'data center' definition from the city's light-industrial zoning ordinance, which had been the basis for the project the moratorium paused. As of 2026-07-31, data centers are not a defined/permitted use in Peculiar's zoning code as a result of that 2024-10-21 action.
- Outcome: On 2024-10-21, the Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to remove the 'data center' land-use definition from the city's light-industrial zoning ordinance -- the same definition that had originally allowed the project to be zoned -- permanently blocking it rather than merely allowing the 100-day pause to expire.
City of Springfield
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-29
- Normalized date:
2026-06-29(exact) - Duration: 120 days, through November 17, 2026
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-springfield-2026 - Legal basis: Council Bill 2026-147 (administrative delay)
- What prompted it: Pause on development, building, site-plan, variance, stormwater, conditional-use, occupancy, public-utility, and large-load electric applications for data centers while the City Manager studies recommendations
- Affected projects: Exempts projects whose Southwest Power Pool study process had already begun with required fees submitted, and permits council-approved exceptions
- Detailed status: Active; City Manager required to report recommendations within 90 days
- Outcome: City Council approved Council Bill 2026-147, imposing a 120-day administrative delay on specified data center applications and approvals
City of St. Charles
- Type: City
- Status: ⚪ Replaced
- Date enacted: 2025-08-22
- Normalized date:
2025-08-22(exact) - Duration: One year from passage
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-st-charles-2025 - Legal basis: Resolution 25-014
- What prompted it: Public opposition to a proposed data center, concern that data centers were treated as warehouse uses under Chapter 400, and concerns about water consumption, power consumption, noise, and other effects.
- Affected projects: Project Cumulus, reported as a roughly $1 billion CRG/Clayco proposal near Highway 370; the developer withdrew the zoning application before any council vote (confirmed by St. Charles February 9, 2026 P&Z staff packet, which states "applications were received by the City of St. Charles proposing a new Data Center off Elm Point Road and Hwy 370 ... that project was withdrawn by the applicant and ultimately did not move forward").
- Detailed status: Superseded: on 2026-05-20 the City Council voted 7-1 to make the data-center prohibition permanent, adopting text-amendment TA-2026-01 defining data centers, excluding them from the warehouse-use category, and barring them from permitting or conditional-use approval in any zoning district city-wide. The temporary Resolution 25-014 moratorium is therefore no longer the operative instrument as of the 2026-07-31 research date.
- Outcome: TA-2026-01 was ultimately approved: the City Council passed the permanent data-center ban 7-1 on 2026-05-20 (two members absent), defining data centers, excluding them from the warehouse-use category, and prohibiting permitting/conditional-use approval for them in all zoning districts. The specific 2026-04-13 Planning and Zoning Commission vote tally that preceded Council action was not independently located -- no separate minutes document for that meeting has been posted, and no news account reporting that specific vote was found -- but the case clearly advanced favorably from P&Z to Council given the subsequent 2026-05-20 passage.
City of St. Joseph
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-07-20 (City Council, 8-0)
- Normalized date:
2026-07-20(exact) - Duration: 12 months
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-st-joseph-2026 - Legal basis: Emergency Bill No. 184-26, amended from six months to 12 months before passage
- What prompted it: Pause on accepting and processing applications for new data center development, construction, or expansion while the city studies regulation
- Affected projects: Previously discussed Pickett Road developer had withdrawn annexation and rezoning applications on 2026-06-26
- Detailed status: Active per official council agenda
- Outcome: City Council amended Emergency Bill No. 184-26 from six months to 12 months and approved it 8-0
City of St. Peters
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-05-14 (Board of Aldermen, 7-0, one absent)
- Normalized date:
2026-05-14(exact) - Duration: No longer than one year; may end earlier by board action or upon adoption of permanent standards
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-city-of-st-peters-2026 - Legal basis: Bill 26-72, enacted as Ordinance 8319
- What prompted it: Pause on review and approval of zoning amendments, site plans, special use permits, and building permits for information technology and data processing facilities while the city studies regulation
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Active per official board packets; existing operating facilities excluded
- Outcome: Board of Aldermen adopted Bill 26-72 as Ordinance 8319, pausing zoning/site-plan/permit approvals for data processing facilities for up to one year
Jackson County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-22 (Jackson County Legislature final passage vote, 8 in favor and 1 excused). Per KCTV5, the measure then went to County Executive Phil LeVota, who had 10 days to sign or veto; no veto was reported in any subsequent coverage found in this pass, but independent confirmation of the Executive's signature was not obtained.
- Normalized date:
2026-06-22(exact) - Duration: 180 days, amended up from the original 120-day Ordinance 6074 proposal introduced 2026-04-06 by Legislator Sean E. Smith. The Legislature had also been considering a competing 365-day version (Ordinance 6087, sponsored by Legislative Chair Manny Abarca) before settling on the 180-day term that passed 8-1 on 2026-06-22.
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center, battery storage
- Moratorium ID:
mo-jackson-county-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance 6074, introduced 2026-04-06 by Legislator Sean E. Smith (120-day version); a competing 365-day version (Ordinance 6087, sponsored by Legislative Chair Manny Abarca) was also considered in committee as of 2026-06-01. The full County Legislature passed a 180-day moratorium on data-center and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) land-use applications by an 8-1 vote (one member excused) on 2026-06-22. Per KCTV5, the ordinance then went to County Executive Phil LeVota, who had 10 days to sign or veto; no veto was reported in subsequent coverage found in this pass, but the Executive's signature was not independently confirmed, and the exact ordinance/file number of the version that received final passage (whether an amended Ordinance 6074 or a substitute) was not confirmed from a primary Legistar record, which returned an access error to automated fetch.
- What prompted it: Rapid emergence of data center and battery energy storage system applications; perceived gaps in the Jackson County Unified Development Code; infrastructure, environmental, public safety, and public notice concerns.
- Affected projects: Would apply to Jackson County's acceptance, processing, and approval of rezoning applications, CUPs, SUPs, site plans, and building permits for data centers or BESS facilities, per Ordinance 6074 text. The ordinance contains no project-specific exemption language. The Nebius EastGate project sits in the City of Independence, which exercises municipal zoning authority over its incorporated territory; the county-level moratorium therefore does not reach city-issued Independence approvals (confirmed from Ordinance 6074 text downloaded from Jackson County Legistar 2026-04-29).
- Detailed status: Adopted by the County Legislature (8 in favor, 1 excused) on 2026-06-22 as a 180-day moratorium on data-center and BESS land-use applications, for the purpose of developing long-term policy, County Code provisions, and enhanced public-notice requirements. Whether the measure was signed by County Executive Phil LeVota, became law without signature, or was vetoed was not independently confirmed in this pass; no veto was reported in any subsequent coverage found.
- Outcome: If adopted, the county would use the pause to draft long-term code provisions and enhanced public notice requirements.
Marion County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-15 (County Commission, unanimous)
- Normalized date:
2026-06-15(exact) - Duration: 12 months
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-marion-county-2026 - Legal basis: County Commission order/ordinance approving 12-month moratorium; signed standalone instrument not located on county website [VERIFY]
- What prompted it: Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the pause so the county could consider amendments to its land-use order
- Affected projects: —
- Detailed status: Reported active; no signed standalone moratorium order located. [VERIFY] [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
- Outcome: County Commission unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on establishing or expanding data centers
Nodaway County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-07-21 (County Commission order)
- Normalized date:
2026-07-21(exact) - Duration: Six months, with one extension of up to six additional months permitted upon written findings
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-nodaway-county-2026 - Legal basis: County Commission order and ordinance dated 2026-07-21
- What prompted it: Pause on data center construction, conversion, establishment, new operation, expansion, and related permits in unincorporated Nodaway County
- Affected projects: Exempts existing operations and projects where physical on-site construction had already begun
- Detailed status: Active per primary county order
- Outcome: County Commission signed an order imposing a six-month moratorium in unincorporated Nodaway County on data center construction, conversion, establishment, new operation, expansion, and related permits
St. Charles County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-07-13
- Normalized date:
2026-07-13(exact) - Duration: Six months
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center
- Moratorium ID:
mo-st-charles-county-2026 - Legal basis: County Bill 5505
- What prompted it: Pause on approvals for larger data centers (exceeding 5 MW, 100,000 square feet, or multiple buildings on a campus) while county studies health, safety, infrastructure, and regulatory issues
- Affected projects: County officials said no data center proposal was then pending
- Detailed status: Active per county council approval
- Outcome: County Council approved Bill No. 5505, imposing a six-month moratorium on large-scale data centers countywide (incorporated and unincorporated areas)
Webster County
- Type: County
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-06-16
- Normalized date:
2026-06-16(exact) - Duration: Six months
- Current end date:
— - Sectors: data center, solar, wind, battery storage
- Moratorium ID:
mo-webster-county-2026 - Legal basis: Order 2026-03
- What prompted it: County study of legal authority and potential impacts of data centers, solar, wind, and battery energy storage system facilities in unincorporated Webster County
- Affected projects: Not intended to stop the existing data center under construction on Rifle Range Road
- Detailed status: Active per primary county order
- Outcome: County Commission adopted Order 2026-03, a six-month moratorium on data centers, solar facilities, wind facilities, and battery energy storage systems in unincorporated Webster County
Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.