RCM Hill LLC
Texas developer of Project Aquila, a proposed data-centre campus in Hill County.
On 28 May, RCM Hill LLC sued Hill County over a pause on its planned 1,235 MW Project Aquila data-centre campus, seeking $100m. The county rescinded the moratorium on 4 June, but the developer's claim remained active.
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Why is one Texas lawsuit shaping how other counties draft data-centre moratoriums?
Timeline for RCM Hill LLC
Mentioned in: Loudoun drafts a pause on data centres
Data Centres: Boom and BacklashMentioned in: Santa Fe drops the bar to 1 MW
Data Centres: Boom and BacklashFiled a $100 million federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional taking and retained the active suit after rescission
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Hill County folds, lawsuit lives onFiled $100m taking suit against Hill County challenging the moratorium on 28 May
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Texas developer sues county over pauseBackground
RCM Hill LLC is a Texas data-centre developer behind Project Aquila, a planned 1,235 MW campus in Hill County. Its public profile is closely tied to that development and to its legal challenge against the county's former moratorium.
The company became a named participant in the debate over local control of data-centre development after filing its federal claim on 28 May 2026. The case centres on the limits of county power to pause a proposed project rather than on a completed operating campus.
Project Aquila places RCM Hill within the wider US contest between large electricity-demanding developments and local planning authorities. Its relevance rests on its role as the developer advancing the project and testing the consequences of a county moratorium.
RCM Hill challenges the county pause
On 28 May, RCM Hill LLC filed a federal claim against Hill County after its commissioners paused the developer's planned 1,235 MW Project Aquila campus. RCM Hill sought $100m and argued that the moratorium unlawfully restricted its property rights.
Hill County rescinded the moratorium on 4 June, before a court hearing, but RCM Hill's damages claim remained active. For the company, the dispute concerns whether it can proceed with Aquila without a locally imposed freeze while preserving its claim for the period when the project was paused.
