Verrus offers Salem $10 million package ahead of data center code interpretation

Nelson Abramson, the CEO of Verrus, the Silicon Valley company planning to build an AI data center in Salem’s Mill Creek Corporate Center, personally reached out to city leaders to offer a community benefits agreement worth $10 million. The offer comes ahead of the Salem City Council’s decision Monday night on whether to accept the city’s interpretation of its existing zoning code to exclude AI or hyperscale data centers. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the report.