City of Westfield 12-Month Temporary Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Centers and Commercial BESS

What it does

Enacts a 365-day temporary moratorium on the acceptance, review, and permitting of new hyperscale data centers and commercial battery storage facilities citywide to allow the planning board to update municipal zoning codes.

Impact on projects

Pauses all new data center and commercial battery storage applications in Westfield, MA for 12 months.

Status timeline

1. 2026-07-06

   Passed

   Westfield City Council unanimously passed 12-month emergency moratorium on data center and BESS applications.

   council chamber · Committee: Legislative Committee · Result: passed · 11–0

   Source: US Data Center Moratorium Tracker

Projects this bears on

• Westfield Hyperscale Data Center Proposals

  Restricts · Westfield & Somerville, MA