Judge denies preliminary injunction in lawsuit over Springfield’s data center moratorium
Greene County Circuit Judge Nathan Taylor denied NSI A.1 LLC’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have prevented Springfield from enforcing its 120-day data center moratorium. The developer is proposing a 9.9-megawatt facility at 2900 S. National Ave., while the City Council is expected to consider extending the moratorium and adding data center definitions to city code.
Greene County Circuit Judge Nathan Taylor denied a preliminary injunction sought by NSI A.1 LLC, an affiliate of developer Trent Overhue, in its lawsuit against the city of Springfield. The company wanted to stop enforcement of the city’s 120-day moratorium on accepting and processing data center applications so it could continue pre-development work on a proposed facility at 2900 S. National Ave.
The proposed small-scale high-performance computing and data processing facility would have an estimated electricity demand of 9.9 megawatts. The existing moratorium is scheduled to expire Nov. 17, but the Springfield City Council is expected to vote Nov. 16 on two measures that would impose an additional 120-day pause through Feb. 24, 2027. The council is also considering a text amendment establishing five data center-related definitions in the city code.