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Residents question Verus’s experience and the NDA at Mill Creek meeting
Summary
Opponents at the July 27 Salem City Council meeting raised trust, environmental, and transparency concerns about Verus and an NDA tied to the proposed Mill Creek data center, saying Verus lacks a track record and that no infrastructure studies were done.
A wave of opposition at the July 27 Salem City Council meeting focused on Verus’s experience, transparency of an NDA, and potential environmental and utility impacts if the proposed Mill Creek data center proceeds. Ash of CC Media summarized opponents’ remarks: “Verus is a very new company and they haven't actually successfully made a data center yet,” and described “a general distrust, a large frustration with the NDA that was signed, feeling that it was largely meant for protecting Verus and not didn't really benefit the city at all.”
Opponents also told the council they saw contradictions between Verus’s statements and material on the company’s website and in articles, and they flagged the absence of studies demonstrating whether city infrastructure could support the project or whether Verus’s mitigation claims are effective. The highlights do not record a response from Verus or a staff technical report in the summarized remarks.
