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I filed Grievance #2 today concerning Salem's handling of the Verrus data-center NDA.
It asks whether, after the NDA and project were disclosed, the Council's decision to let the arrangement continue without public action amounted to acquiescence, approval, authorization, or ratification.
This is the first step to requesting an investigation with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
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I filed Grievance #2 today concerning Salem's handling of the Verrus data-center NDA.
It asks whether, after the NDA and project were disclosed, the Council's decision to let the arrangement continue without public action amounted to acquiescence, approval, authorization, or ratification.
This is the first step to requesting an investigation with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission.
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@Bl4ckst4r "No compromise in the defense of #MotherEarth" has been my mantra since the 1980s.
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime
#NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires
#Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium -
@Bl4ckst4r "No compromise in the defense of #MotherEarth" has been my mantra since the 1980s.
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime
#NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires
#Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium -
@Bl4ckst4r "No compromise in the defense of #MotherEarth" has been my mantra since the 1980s.
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime
#NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires
#Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium -
@Bl4ckst4r "No compromise in the defense of #MotherEarth" has been my mantra since the 1980s.
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime
#NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires
#Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium -
@Bl4ckst4r "No compromise in the defense of #MotherEarth" has been my mantra since the 1980s.
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime
#NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires
#Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium -
More of this, please...!
#DataCenter Reps Face the #Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.By AJ Dellinger, Aug 7, 2026
"For towns and cities across the country looking for ways to tell data center developers that their projects aren’t welcome in their communities, the fine folks of Salem, Oregon seem to have found a very efficient way to get their message across: Pull up to public hearings with a guillotine."
https://gizmodo.com/data-center-reps-face-the-guillotine-flee-public-hearing-2000795939
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime #NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires #Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium
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More of this, please...!
#DataCenter Reps Face the #Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.By AJ Dellinger, Aug 7, 2026
"For towns and cities across the country looking for ways to tell data center developers that their projects aren’t welcome in their communities, the fine folks of Salem, Oregon seem to have found a very efficient way to get their message across: Pull up to public hearings with a guillotine."
https://gizmodo.com/data-center-reps-face-the-guillotine-flee-public-hearing-2000795939
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime #NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires #Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium
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More of this, please...!
#DataCenter Reps Face the #Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.By AJ Dellinger, Aug 7, 2026
"For towns and cities across the country looking for ways to tell data center developers that their projects aren’t welcome in their communities, the fine folks of Salem, Oregon seem to have found a very efficient way to get their message across: Pull up to public hearings with a guillotine."
https://gizmodo.com/data-center-reps-face-the-guillotine-flee-public-hearing-2000795939
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime #NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires #Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium
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More of this, please...!
#DataCenter Reps Face the #Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.By AJ Dellinger, Aug 7, 2026
"For towns and cities across the country looking for ways to tell data center developers that their projects aren’t welcome in their communities, the fine folks of Salem, Oregon seem to have found a very efficient way to get their message across: Pull up to public hearings with a guillotine."
https://gizmodo.com/data-center-reps-face-the-guillotine-flee-public-hearing-2000795939
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime #NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires #Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium
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More of this, please...!
#DataCenter Reps Face the #Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing
Seems like they got the message.By AJ Dellinger, Aug 7, 2026
"For towns and cities across the country looking for ways to tell data center developers that their projects aren’t welcome in their communities, the fine folks of Salem, Oregon seem to have found a very efficient way to get their message across: Pull up to public hearings with a guillotine."
https://gizmodo.com/data-center-reps-face-the-guillotine-flee-public-hearing-2000795939
#USPol #SalemOR #GuillotineTime #NoDatacenters #TechBillionaires #Resistance #DatacenterMoratorium
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My first Public Meetings Law grievance concerning Salem’s handling of the proposed $5.1 billion #DataCenters project has now been received by the City.
The grievance addresses the July 13 meeting, when the City Manager publicly disclosed the project and the City’s #NDA without that subject being identified on the agenda.
Grievance and exhibits:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/OGEC/grievance_1/ -
My first Public Meetings Law grievance concerning Salem’s handling of the proposed $5.1 billion #DataCenters project has now been received by the City.
The grievance addresses the July 13 meeting, when the City Manager publicly disclosed the project and the City’s #NDA without that subject being identified on the agenda.
Grievance and exhibits:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/OGEC/grievance_1/ -
My first Public Meetings Law grievance concerning Salem’s handling of the proposed $5.1 billion #DataCenters project has now been received by the City.
The grievance addresses the July 13 meeting, when the City Manager publicly disclosed the project and the City’s #NDA without that subject being identified on the agenda.
Grievance and exhibits:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/OGEC/grievance_1/ -
My first Public Meetings Law grievance concerning Salem’s handling of the proposed $5.1 billion #DataCenters project has now been received by the City.
The grievance addresses the July 13 meeting, when the City Manager publicly disclosed the project and the City’s #NDA without that subject being identified on the agenda.
Grievance and exhibits:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/OGEC/grievance_1/ -
My first Public Meetings Law grievance concerning Salem’s handling of the proposed $5.1 billion #DataCenters project has now been received by the City.
The grievance addresses the July 13 meeting, when the City Manager publicly disclosed the project and the City’s #NDA without that subject being identified on the agenda.
Grievance and exhibits:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/OGEC/grievance_1/ -
#Google, through its related company #Verrus, tips its hand despite Gov. Tina Kotek's order canceling the sale of one previously secret parcel and Salem's proposed data-center moratorium.
On July 31, Verrus filed a land-use application involving three nearby properties.
Map I created:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/verrus/img/AssessorMap_Verrus_v1.svg -
#Google, through its related company #Verrus, tips its hand despite Gov. Tina Kotek's order canceling the sale of one previously secret parcel and Salem's proposed data-center moratorium.
On July 31, Verrus filed a land-use application involving three nearby properties.
Map I created:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/verrus/img/AssessorMap_Verrus_v1.svg -
#Google, through its related company #Verrus, tips its hand despite Gov. Tina Kotek's order canceling the sale of one previously secret parcel and Salem's proposed data-center moratorium.
On July 31, Verrus filed a land-use application involving three nearby properties.
Map I created:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/verrus/img/AssessorMap_Verrus_v1.svg -
#Google, through its related company #Verrus, tips its hand despite Gov. Tina Kotek's order canceling the sale of one previously secret parcel and Salem's proposed data-center moratorium.
On July 31, Verrus filed a land-use application involving three nearby properties.
Map I created:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/verrus/img/AssessorMap_Verrus_v1.svg -
#Google, through its related company #Verrus, tips its hand despite Gov. Tina Kotek's order canceling the sale of one previously secret parcel and Salem's proposed data-center moratorium.
On July 31, Verrus filed a land-use application involving three nearby properties.
Map I created:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/verrus/img/AssessorMap_Verrus_v1.svg -
Oregon's governor just blocked the sale of the Salem property that was to become a data center. 👍
#SalemOr -
Oregon's governor just blocked the sale of the Salem property that was to become a data center. 👍
#SalemOr -
Oregon's governor just blocked the sale of the Salem property that was to become a data center. 👍
#SalemOr -
Oregon's governor just blocked the sale of the Salem property that was to become a data center. 👍
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Who is behind the proposed $5+ billion Verrus data center in #SalemOR?
Public reporting has largely omitted the documented network connecting Verrus to former Google personnel, Alphabet-associated companies, investors and advisers. I assembled the sources, diagram--and the script used to preserve them.
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1173
#Google #DataCenters #Oregon #PublicRecords #CorporateTransparency
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Who is behind the proposed $5+ billion Verrus data center in #SalemOR?
Public reporting has largely omitted the documented network connecting Verrus to former Google personnel, Alphabet-associated companies, investors and advisers. I assembled the sources, diagram--and the script used to preserve them.
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1173
#Google #DataCenters #Oregon #PublicRecords #CorporateTransparency
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@Techmeme So this would provide cover to Elon Musk who was moving in portable electric generators for his large scale AI farms?
We're facing a $5 billion proposed #Datacenter in #SalemOR by Google who have been talking with the city for 16 months in secret ( #NDA ) and I'm not seeing anything that would prevent them from doing what Musk is doing: bring in their own power generation and EPA regulations be damned. A new Google.
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@Techmeme So this would provide cover to Elon Musk who was moving in portable electric generators for his large scale AI farms?
We're facing a $5 billion proposed #Datacenter in #SalemOR by Google who have been talking with the city for 16 months in secret ( #NDA ) and I'm not seeing anything that would prevent them from doing what Musk is doing: bring in their own power generation and EPA regulations be damned. A new Google.
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@Techmeme So this would provide cover to Elon Musk who was moving in portable electric generators for his large scale AI farms?
We're facing a $5 billion proposed #Datacenter in #SalemOR by Google who have been talking with the city for 16 months in secret ( #NDA ) and I'm not seeing anything that would prevent them from doing what Musk is doing: bring in their own power generation and EPA regulations be damned. A new Google.
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@Techmeme So this would provide cover to Elon Musk who was moving in portable electric generators for his large scale AI farms?
We're facing a $5 billion proposed #Datacenter in #SalemOR by Google who have been talking with the city for 16 months in secret ( #NDA ) and I'm not seeing anything that would prevent them from doing what Musk is doing: bring in their own power generation and EPA regulations be damned. A new Google.
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@Techmeme So this would provide cover to Elon Musk who was moving in portable electric generators for his large scale AI farms?
We're facing a $5 billion proposed #Datacenter in #SalemOR by Google who have been talking with the city for 16 months in secret ( #NDA ) and I'm not seeing anything that would prevent them from doing what Musk is doing: bring in their own power generation and EPA regulations be damned. A new Google.
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#SalemOR conducted a ~5 hour hearing "informational only" about a #Google backed $5 billion #Datacenter that was kept secret for 16 months. There were 74 speakers. Here's a table with links into the video.
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/hearing_transcript_20260727_summary.html
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#SalemOR conducted a ~5 hour hearing "informational only" about a #Google backed $5 billion #Datacenter that was kept secret for 16 months. There were 74 speakers. Here's a table with links into the video.
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/hearing_transcript_20260727_summary.html
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#SalemOR conducted a ~5 hour hearing "informational only" about a #Google backed $5 billion #Datacenter that was kept secret for 16 months. There were 74 speakers. Here's a table with links into the video.
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/hearing_transcript_20260727_summary.html
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#SalemOR conducted a ~5 hour hearing "informational only" about a #Google backed $5 billion #Datacenter that was kept secret for 16 months. There were 74 speakers. Here's a table with links into the video.
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/hearing_transcript_20260727_summary.html
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#SalemOR conducted a ~5 hour hearing "informational only" about a #Google backed $5 billion #Datacenter that was kept secret for 16 months. There were 74 speakers. Here's a table with links into the video.
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/hearing_transcript_20260727_summary.html
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#Google has been operating under a 16-month non-disclosure agreement (#NDA) with #SalemOR concerning a proposed $5 billion #DataCenter.
The developers hint that it will conserve water—but have not explained how. Could its cooling system use #PFAS “forever chemicals”?
“Opteon 2P50 is also the first chemical for which industry has asked the Trump EPA to fast-track approval.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa
#DataCenterCooling #WaterUse #GovernmentTransparency #RightToKnow
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#Google has been operating under a 16-month non-disclosure agreement ( #NDA ) with #SalemOR concerning a proposed $5 billion #DataCenter.
The developers hint that it will conserve water—but have not explained how. Could its cooling system use #PFAS “forever chemicals”?
“Opteon 2P50 is also the first chemical for which industry has asked the Trump EPA to fast-track approval.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa
#DataCenterCooling #WaterUse #GovernmentTransparency #RightToKnow
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#Google has been operating under a 16-month non-disclosure agreement (#NDA) with #SalemOR concerning a proposed $5 billion #DataCenter.
The developers hint that it will conserve water—but have not explained how. Could its cooling system use #PFAS “forever chemicals”?
“Opteon 2P50 is also the first chemical for which industry has asked the Trump EPA to fast-track approval.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa
#DataCenterCooling #WaterUse #GovernmentTransparency #RightToKnow
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#Google has been operating under a 16-month non-disclosure agreement ( #NDA ) with #SalemOR concerning a proposed $5 billion #DataCenter.
The developers hint that it will conserve water—but have not explained how. Could its cooling system use #PFAS “forever chemicals”?
“Opteon 2P50 is also the first chemical for which industry has asked the Trump EPA to fast-track approval.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa
#DataCenterCooling #WaterUse #GovernmentTransparency #RightToKnow
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#Google has been operating under a 16-month non-disclosure agreement (#NDA) with #SalemOR concerning a proposed $5 billion #DataCenter.
The developers hint that it will conserve water—but have not explained how. Could its cooling system use #PFAS “forever chemicals”?
“Opteon 2P50 is also the first chemical for which industry has asked the Trump EPA to fast-track approval.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/pfas-datacenter-cooling-epa
#DataCenterCooling #WaterUse #GovernmentTransparency #RightToKnow
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Public testimony may be "online" yet remain practically unreadable. I downloaded 700+ pages from a Salem City Council record, removed duplicates, redacted contact information, summarized 187 testimony records, and linked each entry back to its source page.
Concerning: Google's $5 Billion NDA #Datacenter
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1156
#CivicTech #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #GovernmentTransparency #LocalGovernment #CivicEngagement #DataJournalism #DigitalHumanities #PublicParticipation #SalemOR
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Public testimony may be "online" yet remain practically unreadable. I downloaded 700+ pages from a Salem City Council record, removed duplicates, redacted contact information, summarized 187 testimony records, and linked each entry back to its source page.
Concerning: Google's $5 Billion NDA #Datacenter
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1156
#CivicTech #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #GovernmentTransparency #LocalGovernment #CivicEngagement #DataJournalism #DigitalHumanities #PublicParticipation #SalemOR
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Public testimony may be "online" yet remain practically unreadable. I downloaded 700+ pages from a Salem City Council record, removed duplicates, redacted contact information, summarized 187 testimony records, and linked each entry back to its source page.
Concerning: Google's $5 Billion NDA #Datacenter
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1156
#CivicTech #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #GovernmentTransparency #LocalGovernment #CivicEngagement #DataJournalism #DigitalHumanities #PublicParticipation #SalemOR
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Public testimony may be "online" yet remain practically unreadable. I downloaded 700+ pages from a Salem City Council record, removed duplicates, redacted contact information, summarized 187 testimony records, and linked each entry back to its source page.
Concerning: Google's $5 Billion NDA #Datacenter
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1156
#CivicTech #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #GovernmentTransparency #LocalGovernment #CivicEngagement #DataJournalism #DigitalHumanities #PublicParticipation #SalemOR
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Public testimony may be "online" yet remain practically unreadable. I downloaded 700+ pages from a Salem City Council record, removed duplicates, redacted contact information, summarized 187 testimony records, and linked each entry back to its source page.
Concerning: Google's $5 Billion NDA #Datacenter
https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=1156
#CivicTech #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #GovernmentTransparency #LocalGovernment #CivicEngagement #DataJournalism #DigitalHumanities #PublicParticipation #SalemOR
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@Nonilex #SalemOR - 16 months City worked with Google entity for a $5+ billion #datacenter on 64 acres all under an NDA executed by the City Manager. At least one or more city council members were unaware of the on-goings.
Government has now become an instrument of Big Money who induce secrecy to prevent traditional public participation.
#Oregon #DataCenters #GovernmentTransparency #PublicParticipation #BigTech #NDA
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@Nonilex #SalemOR - 16 months City worked with Google entity for a $5+ billion #datacenter on 64 acres all under an NDA executed by the City Manager. At least one or more city council members were unaware of the on-goings.
Government has now become an instrument of Big Money who induce secrecy to prevent traditional public participation.
#Oregon #DataCenters #GovernmentTransparency #PublicParticipation #BigTech #NDA
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@Nonilex #SalemOR - 16 months City worked with Google entity for a $5+ billion #datacenter on 64 acres all under an NDA executed by the City Manager. At least one or more city council members were unaware of the on-goings.
Government has now become an instrument of Big Money who induce secrecy to prevent traditional public participation.
#Oregon #DataCenters #GovernmentTransparency #PublicParticipation #BigTech #NDA
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@Nonilex #SalemOR - 16 months City worked with Google entity for a $5+ billion #datacenter on 64 acres all under an NDA executed by the City Manager. At least one or more city council members were unaware of the on-goings.
Government has now become an instrument of Big Money who induce secrecy to prevent traditional public participation.
#Oregon #DataCenters #GovernmentTransparency #PublicParticipation #BigTech #NDA
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@Nonilex #SalemOR - 16 months City worked with Google entity for a $5+ billion #datacenter on 64 acres all under an NDA executed by the City Manager. At least one or more city council members were unaware of the on-goings.
Government has now become an instrument of Big Money who induce secrecy to prevent traditional public participation.
#Oregon #DataCenters #GovernmentTransparency #PublicParticipation #BigTech #NDA
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Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley recommends requiring new data centers to cover their eventual decommissioning costs. That makes absolute sense: taxpayers should not inherit the cost of dismantling abandoned industrial infrastructure.
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbOMvv0jlAt/Provision text:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/other/BradfordCounty_Decommissioning_Provision_Corrected.txt#DataCenter #DataCenters #Decommissioning #TaxpayerProtection #LocalGovernment #PublicPolicy #LandUse #EnergyPolicy #Accountability #SalemOR
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Lehigh County Controller Mark Pinsley recommends requiring new data centers to cover their eventual decommissioning costs. That makes absolute sense: taxpayers should not inherit the cost of dismantling abandoned industrial infrastructure.
Video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbOMvv0jlAt/Provision text:
https://salemdata.net/CityOfSalem/other/BradfordCounty_Decommissioning_Provision_Corrected.txt#DataCenter #DataCenters #Decommissioning #TaxpayerProtection #LocalGovernment #PublicPolicy #LandUse #EnergyPolicy #Accountability #SalemOR
