$100M lawsuit filed against Hill County officials over data center moratorium
A Texas data center developer, RCM Hill, LLC, has filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against Hill County officials. The lawsuit challenges the county's data center moratorium, arguing it is illegal under state law. The developer seeks to have the moratorium declared void and its enforcement immediately blocked, claiming significant investment in a planned 1,235-megawatt data center.
RCM Hill, LLC, a data center developer, has filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against Hill County, Texas, and several officials. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division, challenges the Hill County Green Energy and Data Center Moratorium.
RCM Hill argues that the moratorium is illegal under state law and seeks its immediate voidance and an end to its enforcement. Named as defendants are Hill County, County Judge Shane Brassell, and Commissioners Jim Holcomb and Larry Crumpton, who voted in favor of the moratorium. The developer claims to have spent over 16 months and invested millions on due diligence for a planned 1,235-megawatt data center on 800 acres in an unincorporated area of the county, estimating potential damages exceeding $100 million.