Missouri local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Missouri, current through September 23, 2026.

22 instruments — 19 in force, 0 pending, 3 past.

State policy is tracked separately: 7 actions (7 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.

Detailed entries

Ava

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-01 (Ava Board of Aldermen; Ordinance No. 1173, both first and second readings approved 3-0; an earlier version had its first reading 2026-06-09 but the second reading was suspended for public input).
• Normalized date: 2026-07-01 (exact)
• Duration: One year; automatically expires unless repealed, modified, or extended by a further ordinance
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mo-ava-2026
• Legal basis: City of Ava Ordinance No. 1173, 'imposing a temporary one-year moratorium on the acceptance, processing, approval, or issuance of applications, permits, and licenses' for for-profit data centers and similar uses, adopted 2026-07-01.
• What prompted it: City needs additional time to study impacts (electrical demand, water demand, wastewater, stormwater, cooling, noise, emergency response, fire protection, traffic, utility capacity, land-use compatibility) of data centers, high-density computing facilities, cryptocurrency mining facilities, AI computing facilities, and server farms before deciding whether to adopt local regulations.
• Affected projects: Not specified in sources reviewed.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; set to expire 2027-07-01 absent repeal, modification, or extension.
• Outcome: The Ava Board of Aldermen unanimously (3-0) approved both readings of an updated Ordinance No. 1173 imposing a one-year moratorium on applications, permits, and licenses for data centers, high-density computing facilities, cryptocurrency mining facilities, AI computing facilities, and server farms within city limits.

Benton County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-10 (Benton County Commission)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-10 (exact)
• Duration: Six months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mo-benton-county-2026
• Legal basis: Benton County Commission order enacting a six-month moratorium on data centers, adopted 2026-08-10; the county has no planning and zoning code, and the county attorney has argued a due-diligence/public-health rationale for the pause.
• What prompted it: Commissioners responded to citizen concerns about a proposed data center after a developer (Trent Overhue / NSI6 LLC) began seeking to acquire land in the county specifically because it lacked planning and zoning restrictions.
• Affected projects: A roughly 12-acre data center project (two ~20,000-sq-ft buildings) on Old Highway 65 pursued by developer Trent Overhue through NSI6 LLC.
• Detailed status: Nominally active as of 2026-09-23 but under active legal challenge. Developer Trent Overhue/NSI6 LLC closed on a roughly 12-acre parcel Sept. 9, 2026 and began clearing land; a Sept. 8, 2026 temporary restraining order against county enforcement of the moratorium as to that project was extended by the court on Sept. 21, 2026 pending a ruling on a preliminary injunction. The county disputes that NSI6 LLC (which it says did not legally exist until Aug. 13, 2026, three days after the moratorium) is entitled to rely on the pre-moratorium status quo. No final ruling had been reported as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: Benton County commissioners issued a six-month moratorium on data centers on 2026-08-10; the developer whose project the moratorium affects sued and obtained a temporary restraining order (granted 2026-09-08, extended 2026-09-21) while a preliminary-injunction ruling is pending.

Cedar County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-08 (Cedar County Commissioners)
• Normalized date: 2026-09-08 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months; commissioners may extend once for up to six additional months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, solar, wind, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mo-cedar-county-2026
• Legal basis: Cedar County ordinance imposing a 12-month moratorium, adopted by commissioners 2026-09-08, citing (among other authority) RSMo §49.650 and county public-health authority; legal commentators note §49.650 by its terms applies to first-, second-, and fourth-class noncharter counties while Cedar County is third class, raising an open legal question about the ordinance's validity.
• What prompted it: Commissioners cited possible effects on water, power, noise, drainage, and public health from large new solar, wind, battery-storage, and data-center developments outside city limits, describing the pause as 'due diligence'; no specific project was pending at the time of adoption.
• Affected projects: None named; commissioners acknowledged no specific project was then proposed.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; set to expire 2027-09-08 absent a single permitted extension of up to six additional months. Residents and at least one local business owner (who called the measure 'backdoor zoning') have publicly questioned whether the county had legal authority to adopt it without voter-approved planning and zoning; commissioners have declined to comment publicly and the county's own attorney has not returned press inquiries.
• Outcome: Cedar County commissioners imposed a 12-month moratorium on new large solar, wind, battery-storage, and data-center developments outside city limits (small on-site systems under a 25-kilowatt exemption and existing projects are exempt), while promising future public forums.

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 as of 2026-09-23. KY3 (Aug. 22, 2026) reports the city is three months into the 12-month moratorium with no permanent ordinance yet drafted; Mayor John McNabb said the city may use anywhere from about six months to the full 12 months before presenting a data-center ordinance to the public, and that Planning and Zoning and the city attorney are still researching restrictions. The official ordinance/bill number was not located despite checking the City of Camdenton's online Document Center, its zoning code (eCode360), and multiple news accounts. [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: 2026-05-18 (Columbia City Council; Ordinance No. 026318 / Council Bill B121-26, second read and passed 2026-05-18; first read 2026-05-04).
• Normalized date: 2026-05-18 (exact)
• Duration: One year from enactment: 2026-05-18 to 2027-05-18, per the City of Columbia's Legistar record for Ordinance No. 026318; comobuz.com (Sept. 11, 2026) separately describes this as 'an administrative hold on data center conditional use permit applications through May 2027.'
• Current end date: 2027-05-18
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mo-city-of-columbia-2026
• Legal basis: Columbia Ordinance No. 026318 (Council Bill B121-26), 'Establishing an administrative delay on the acceptance or processing of applications relating to the establishment or expansion of a data center facility; providing an exception for acceptance and processing of an application under certain circumstances,' passed 2026-05-18 (introduced/first read 2026-05-04). It followed the 2026-04-06 ordinance that created a zoning definition for 'data center' and classified the use as conditional in the General Industrial (IG) zoning district (Case #74-2026).
• 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 2026-09-23; the administrative delay (Ordinance No. 026318) runs through May 2027. Planning and Zoning Commission review of permanent data-center standards is ongoing and running behind its original schedule: as of a Sept. 11, 2026 work session on water-use standards, the next step (electric utility demand) is scheduled for October, with a P&Z work session on draft amendments expected no earlier than Nov. 5, 2026, a public hearing no earlier than Dec. 10, 2026, and City Council consideration as early as Jan. 19, 2027 -- all comfortably before the May 2027 expiration of the administrative delay.
• 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: Resolution No. 7238 (City Council agenda item 26-741), 'A resolution declaring a 180-day moratorium on the processing of applications related to and issuance of city permits or licenses related to the installation or use of data processing and hosting facilities located in the City of Independence, Missouri, for projects or applications not already submitted to, authorized, or approved by the City,' sponsored by Councilmember Stewart and passed 7-0 on 2026-07-06. A companion Resolution No. 7239 (agenda item 26-742) imposed a parallel 180-day moratorium on battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities, also passed 7-0 the same night.
• 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 as of 2026-09-23 (the 180-day moratorium is set to run through 2027-01-02 absent extension). Permanent data-center/BESS zoning rules remain in process: the City Council discussed proposed new standards but pushed its final vote back at least a month after confusion among residents and councilmembers, with City Manager Troy Anderson confirming the moratorium itself is unaffected by that separate vote; Mayor Kevin King said he would look into organizing a public hearing before the council revisits the permanent rules in October 2026. Similar temporary pauses remain in effect in unincorporated Jackson County and neighboring Leavenworth County, Kansas.
• 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: Active as of 2026-09-23 (one-year term from 2026-07-07). The City Council's own July 7, 2026 meeting agenda lists 'Resolution Bill No. 2026-20: Consideration of a One-Year Moratorium on Applications for Data Centers' as a New Business item, matching the previously reported bill number; Newstalk KZRG, the Neosho Daily News, and the Joplin Globe all separately reported the council unanimously approved the one-year moratorium that night. The final signed resolution document itself was not located in the city's public meeting portal. [VERIFY: final signed resolution not located in public meeting portal]
• 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, enacted 2026-06-29 as Ordinance No. 28306 -- although, per a since-filed lawsuit, the ordinance was filed by the City Clerk using resolution-style 'be it resolved' language rather than 'be it ordained,' which the plaintiff argues is itself a charter defect. It imposes a 120-day administrative delay on data center applications/approvals set to expire 2026-11-17.
• 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 as of 2026-09-23; set to expire 2026-11-17 absent extension. City Manager David Cameron has indicated city staff will seek a council vote to extend the moratorium. On 2026-09-17, NSI A.1 LLC (developer Trent Overhue, also a party to moratorium disputes in Benton County and involved in a Webster County data center) sued the City of Springfield in Greene County Circuit Court, arguing the moratorium (Ordinance 28306) was improperly enacted as an 'administrative delay'/interim zoning measure without the notice-and-hearing process Missouri law requires for zoning changes, and separately alleging a City Charter defect in how the measure was filed. NSI is asking the court to invalidate the moratorium, or at least lift it as applied to its pre-development application for a data-processing use at 2900 S. National Ave. No ruling had been reported as of 2026-09-23.
• 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: ⚪ Replaced
• 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: Replaced and lifted as of 2026-07-27. At its July 27, 2026 meeting, the Marion County Commission adopted permanent revisions to the county's Land Use Order -- including a requirement that energy projects of 5 megawatts or more be zoned M-1 industrial (unless the project solely serves a single home, business, or farmstead) and a new environmental-impact-agreement requirement -- and 'voted to lift the existing moratorium,' per the Palmyra Spectator / NEMOnews Media Group's summary of the commission's July meetings (published 2026-08-26). A separate task force to further study data-center-specific regulations was formed 2026-07-13. No signed copy or order/ordinance number for the original June 15, 2026 moratorium, or for the July 27 repeal, was located; this local-newspaper reporting is the only source found describing the lift.
• Outcome: County Commission unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on establishing or expanding data centers on 2026-06-15; the moratorium was superseded on 2026-07-27 when the Commission adopted permanent Land Use Order revisions (an M-1 industrial zoning requirement for energy projects of 5 MW or more; a new environmental-agreement requirement) and voted to lift the moratorium. A task force to study further data-center-specific rules was separately formed 2026-07-13.

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

Oak Grove

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: August 3, 2026
• Normalized date: 2026-08-03 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mo-oak-grove-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Aldermen resolution (agenda item, Aug. 3, 2026 meeting)
• What prompted it: Resident concerns about data centers
• Affected projects: None; preemptive
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23.
• Outcome: City to consider regulations over the course of the year

Pacific

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: August 4, 2026
• Normalized date: 2026-08-04 (exact)
• Duration: One year, unless ended earlier by majority vote
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mo-pacific-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Aldermen ordinance (number not found in coverage reviewed)
• What prompted it: Beltline Energy data center rezoning application pending; opposition from Pacific ROOT Coalition
• Affected projects: Beltline Energy data center rezoning application (public hearing proceeding separately)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Unlike most moratoria, developers may file a waiver to have a pending application considered anyway, and the board may end the stay early by majority vote.
• Outcome: Board to research and develop data center policies during the stay

Palmyra

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: September 3, 2026
• Normalized date: 2026-09-03 (exact)
• Duration: —
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mo-palmyra-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-06
• What prompted it: City modeled the resolution on the neighboring Marion County moratorium
• Affected projects: None named
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Term/duration was not stated in the reporting reviewed.
• Outcome: City Attorney used the existing Marion County moratorium as a drafting reference

Ralls County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-23 (Ralls County Commission, signed at a Sunday courthouse meeting per WGEM's same-day report and Muddy River News)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-23 (exact)
• Duration: Approximately one year, to September 1, 2027
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mo-ralls-county-2026
• Legal basis: Ralls County Commission order/moratorium, signed by all three commissioners 2026-08-23, halting economic-development applications related to data centers until 2027-09-01.
• What prompted it: Commissioners moved after learning (from a tenant's report and, separately, from the county's electric cooperative) that a property owner along Mo. Highway 19 near Center may be negotiating to sell roughly 53 acres to a data center company; commissioners said they wanted time to study the issue before any project could be 'grandfathered in.'
• Affected projects: A possible data center project near Highway 19 east of Center, MO; the property owner reportedly received an offer to purchase roughly 53 acres, and the same prospective operator applied to the Ralls County Electric Cooperative for service, but no formal application or land purchase had been confirmed to the county as of the reporting reviewed.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; halts economic-development applications related to data centers until 2027-09-01. Commissioners canceled a planning-and-zoning public hearing that had been scheduled for September and say they intend to let county voters decide on data centers, hopefully via an April ballot measure; no company has yet formally contacted the county about a project.
• Outcome: Facing intense public pressure after residents learned of a possible data center land deal, the three Ralls County commissioners bypassed a planned September planning-and-zoning public hearing and signed a one-year moratorium on data center/economic-development applications, running through Sept. 1, 2027.

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)

Stone County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-04 (Stone County Commission signed the Order and Ordinance enacting the moratorium, per Commission minutes; based on a Stone County Planning Commission resolution adopted 2026-06-02).
• Normalized date: 2026-06-04 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from the effective date
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, solar, wind, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mo-stone-county-2026
• Legal basis: Stone County Order and Ordinance enacting a temporary 12-month moratorium, adopted by the County Commission 2026-06-04 pursuant to a Stone County Planning Commission resolution adopted 2026-06-02, under RSMo §§64.800-64.905 (county planning/zoning) and §§64.860 and 64.875.
• What prompted it: Stone County Planning Commission cited 'considerable interest and concern on the part of residents' about possible development of solar, wind, battery-storage, and data-center projects in unincorporated Stone County, and sought time to consider amendments to the county Zoning Regulations.
• Affected projects: Not specified in sources reviewed; commissioners acknowledged no specific project was proposed at the time of enactment.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; set to expire 2027-06-04 absent extension or earlier replacement by amended zoning regulations.
• Outcome: The Stone County Commission signed an order and ordinance enacting a 12-month moratorium on the use of land for solar energy systems, wind energy conversion systems, battery energy storage systems, and data centers, and on related rezoning/CUP/building-permit/variance applications, to allow the Zoning Regulations to be amended.

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.

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