A lawsuit filed against the City of Eagan is asking a Minnesota court to void the Twin Cities suburb’s data center moratorium.
The complaint, filed on behalf of the Minnesota company Eagan Capital, LLC, on June 15, claims the city is “seeking to regulate energy usage” through the moratorium, which it called “ill-advised” and “unlawful.”
The interim ordinance passed unanimously by the Eagan City Council on Feb. 17 states that “no new data center may be located in Eagan within 500 feet of residential homes or use more than 20 megawatts of electricity through Feb. 17, 2027, unless the Council lifts the moratorium earlier,” the city’s website said…