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Oakline at Mill Creek

Salem, ORDeveloper: Verrus

ProposedApplication pending city review; Salem Reporter says the 120-day moratorium adopted Sept. 21, 2026 (expiring Jan. 19 unless extended) bars Verrus from moving into construction while in effect
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Verrus has a pending application with the City of Salem for Oakline at Mill Creek, a data center campus in southeast Salem's Mill Creek Corporate Center that KATU describes as a 75-acre project under city review and Salem Reporter describes as a $5.1 billion AI data center campus. In July 2026 Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to cancel the state's contract with Verrus at the Mill Creek Corporate Center, where the agency had agreed in May 2025 to sell a 32.23-acre section. On Sept. 21, 2026, Salem city councilors voted to accept a 120-day moratorium on new data center projects, which Salem Reporter says prohibits Verrus from moving into the construction phase while it is in effect.

Stated investment
$5.1 billion
Permanent jobs (promised)
75
company claim

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size75 acres [2]
KATU photo caption; the state had agreed to sell Verrus 32.23 acres of land in the Mill Creek Corporate Center [4]
Source excerpt
“The 75-acre project remains under city review and has not been approved”
Stated investment$5.1 billion [1]
Source excerpt
“Construction on the first phase of a $5.1 billion AI data center campus in Salem's Mill Creek Corporate Center is now prohibited”
Permanent jobs (promised)75 [4]
company claim
Source excerpt
“Verrus told KATU the data center would use less water and electricity while bringing 75 permanent jobs and millions in tax revenue to Salem.”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Upcoming hearings

  • Oct 6, 2026 — Salem Data Center Task Force: Town hall gathering public input on data center regulation, at Center 50+ [2]
  • Oct 20, 2026 — Salem Data Center Task Force: Final town hall gathering public input on data center regulation, at the Scottish Rite Center [2]

Timeline

  1. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services signs a contract to sell 32.23 acres of land in the Mill Creek Corporate Center, with closing set for October 2026 [4]

  2. Gov. Tina Kotek orders the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to cancel the state's contract with Verrus at the Mill Creek Corporate Center [4]

  3. Salem City Council unanimously votes to advance a data center development moratorium, with a Verrus application pending [3]

  4. Salem City Council adopts a 120-day moratorium on new data center projects, with the option to extend it by six months [1]

Issues raised

  • The moratorium expires Jan. 19 unless councilors extend it for roughly six more months; the council will consider an extension in January, and Salem Reporter says it could last as long as 300 days [1][2]
  • The city's Data Center Task Force is gathering public input and is to present recommendations to City Council in December [2]
  • Residents raised concerns about land use and drinking water, including the Santiam River supply; a smaller number supported data center development for its tax revenue [3]
  • City Attorney Dan Atchison said the city's water supply could be imperiled by pending Detroit Reservoir drawdowns and that he would question any data center operator's intended water use [3]
  • Verrus said the data center would use less water and electricity and bring 75 permanent jobs; the proposal drew support from local construction unions and concern from residents [4]
  • Verrus said the governor's decision to cancel the state land sale was made unilaterally and without consultation [4]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. City attorney: Salem data center moratorium means Verrus can't build until it expires
    Salem Reporter · Sep 22, 2026 · news
  2. Salem joins list of cities halting data center development with moratorium
    KATU · Sep 21, 2026 · news
  3. Salem City Council votes to pause data center development
    KATU · Aug 3, 2026 · news
  4. Gov. Tina Kotek orders Oregon to withdraw land sale for Salem-area data center
    KATU · Jul 30, 2026 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Oakline at Mill Creek. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/verrus-oakline-mill-creek-salem-or
MLA“Oakline at Mill Creek.” Data Center Census, Sep 24, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/verrus-oakline-mill-creek-salem-or.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/verrus-oakline-mill-creek-salem-or

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