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          "title": "Salem discloses proposed Mill Creek data center project after city released from NDA",
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          "title": "Massive $5.1B data center proposed for Salem draws praise and pushback",
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          "title": "Salem residents fill city council chambers for data center testimony",
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          "title": "Gov. Tina Kotek orders Oregon to withdraw land sale for Salem area data center",
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          "title": "Verrus data center filing sidesteps land sale block and looming moratorium",
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          "title": "Salem City Council initiates data center moratorium as Oakline filing lands",
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          "publisher": "Salem Business Journal",
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        {
          "title": "Salem City Council convenes special meeting on data center moratorium",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/03/reporter-live-salem-city-council-convenes-special-meeting-on-data-center-moratorium-at-loucks/",
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          "title": "Think Out Loud: proposed Salem data center",
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          "date": "2026-08-11",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Verrus application for Mill Creek data center deemed incomplete by city officials",
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          "date": "2026-08-28",
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        {
          "title": "Contract shows state agreed to sell 32 acres to Verrus for $6.7 million",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/03/contract-shows-state-agreed-to-sell-32-acres-to-verrus-for-6-7-million/",
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        {
          "title": "Oregon Gov. Kotek stops state from selling land for Salem data center - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/30/oregon-governor-kotek-state-land-salem-data-center/",
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          "date": "2026-07-30",
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        {
          "title": "Oregon Gov. Kotek orders state to cancel land sale for Salem data center - OregonLive.com",
          "url": "https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/oregon-gov-kotek-cancels-sale-of-state-land-for-salem-data-center.html",
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          "date": "2026-07-30",
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        {
          "title": "SEDCOR chose Verrus over multiple companies eyeing Salem for data center buildouts - Salem Reporter",
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        {
          "title": "Verrus hires lobbyist as Kotek slams breaks on data center development on public lands - salemreporter.com",
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          "date": "2026-09-09",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Salem City Council to hold public hearing on data center moratorium tonight at 6 p.m.",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/21/salem-city-council-to-hold-public-hearing-on-data-center-moratorium-tonight-at-6-p-m/",
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          "date": "2026-09-21",
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        {
          "title": "City attorney: Salem data center moratorium means Verrus can’t build until it expires",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/22/city-attorney-salem-data-center-moratorium-means-verrus-cant-build-until-it-expires/",
          "publisher": "Salem Reporter",
          "date": "2026-09-22",
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        {
          "title": "Salem wants your thoughts on data centers. How to participate - Statesman Journal",
          "url": "https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2026/09/08/salem-town-halls-data-centers-policy/91658873007/",
          "publisher": "Statesman Journal (via Google News)",
          "date": "2026-09-08",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Verrus plans three-building data center campus outside Portland, Oregon - Data Center Dynamics",
          "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/alphabet-spin-out-verrus-plans-three-building-data-center-campus-outside-portland-oregon/",
          "publisher": "Data Center Dynamics",
          "date": "2026-07-15",
          "source_tier": 1
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        {
          "title": "As Oregon cities buck data centers, a committee is set to propose statewide regulations - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/08/04/oregon-data-centers-advisory-committee-to-propose-statewide-regulations/",
          "publisher": "OPB",
          "date": "2026-08-04",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "A small Central Oregon town shoots down data center development - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/28/la-pine-rejects-data-center-central-oregon/",
          "publisher": "Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "date": "2026-05-28",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "Salem residents rage against proposed data center and city NDA that kept plans secret - OregonLive.com",
          "url": "https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/salem-residents-rage-against-proposed-data-center-and-city-nda-that-kept-plans-secret.html",
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          "date": "2026-07-30",
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        {
          "title": "Data company advances Salem plan, replacing state land and beating moratorium - Salem Reporter",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/01/data-company-advances-salem-plan-replacing-state-land-and-beating-moratorium/",
          "publisher": "Salem Reporter",
          "date": "2026-08-01",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Hillsboro residents push back on ‘data center explosion’ - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/03/data-center-hillsboro-residents-city-council-meeting/",
          "publisher": "Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "date": "2026-06-03",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "Verrus attempts to push on with data center campus in Salem, Oregon - Data Center Dynamics",
          "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/verrus-attempts-to-push-on-with-data-center-campus-in-salem-oregon/",
          "publisher": "Data Center Dynamics",
          "date": "2026-08-04",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "Hillsboro approves data center moratorium - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/27/hillsboro-approves-data-center-moratorium/",
          "publisher": "Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB",
          "date": "2026-07-27",
          "source_tier": 1
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        {
          "title": "Salem data center project likely to proceed - salemreporter.com",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/07/16/salem-data-center-project-likely-to-proceed/",
          "publisher": "salemreporter.com",
          "date": "2026-07-16",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "While Salem project is uncertain, Verrus advances data center in Michigan - Salem Reporter",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/07/31/while-salem-project-is-uncertain-verrus-advances-data-center-in-michigan/",
          "publisher": "Salem Reporter",
          "date": "2026-07-31",
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        {
          "title": "5 takeaways ahead of Salem City Council’s data center moratorium meeting - Salem Reporter",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/03/5-takeaways-ahead-of-salem-city-councils-data-center-moratorium-meeting/",
          "publisher": "Salem Reporter",
          "date": "2026-08-03",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "Salem City Council votes in favor on moratorium on AI data centers - statesmanjournal.com",
          "url": "https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2026/08/04/salem-city-council-votes-in-favor-on-moratorium-on-ai-data-centers/91098961007/",
          "publisher": "Statesman Journal (via Google News)",
          "date": "2026-08-04",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Verrus surprised, disappointed by Kotek's move to block sale of 32-acres of land at Mill Creek Corporate Center - salemreporter.com",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/07/30/kotek-blocks-sale-of-32-acres-of-mill-creek-corporate-center-land-for-verrus-data-center/",
          "publisher": "salemreporter.com",
          "date": "2026-07-30",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Gov. Kotek orders state to cancel land sale for proposed $5B Salem data center - KGW",
          "url": "https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/gov-kotek-orders-state-cancel-land-sale-proposed-salem-data-center/283-9f49b689-6d81-461f-88ad-761008e2c140",
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          "date": "2026-07-30",
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        {
          "title": "Hostility to data centers boils over at Oregon city council meeting - Seattle Red",
          "url": "https://seattlered.com/oregon/anti-data-center-hysteria-rears-its-ugly-head-in-oregons-capital-city/4119618",
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          "date": "2026-07-30",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Oregon identifies Vantage Data Centers as developer; Debate over proposed data center continues - wtol.com",
          "url": "https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/oregon-identifies-vantage-data-centers-as-developer-vying-for-wynn-road-location/512-e33a297c-6481-476f-b388-aadac211612f",
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        {
          "title": "Who is Verrus, the company behind Salem’s proposed data center? - Salem Reporter",
          "url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/19/who-is-verrus-the-company-behind-salems-proposed-data-center/",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Testimony fiercely against proposed Salem data center at council meeting - Statesman Journal",
          "url": "https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2026/07/28/crowd-packs-salem-city-council-meeting-opposes-new-data-center/91065758007/",
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          "date": "2026-07-28",
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        {
          "title": "75-acre data center proposed in Salem - KPTV",
          "url": "https://www.kptv.com/2026/07/16/75-acre-data-center-proposed-salem/",
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          "date": "2026-07-15",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Salem’s proposed data center faces months of review. Here’s how you can weigh in - salemreporter.com",
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          "publisher": "salemreporter.com",
          "date": "2026-07-23",
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          "summary": "Verrus $5.1 billion data center project at Mill Creek Corporate Center prohibited from construction phase as long as moratorium is in effect",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/22/city-attorney-salem-data-center-moratorium-means-verrus-cant-build-until-it-expires/",
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          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/21/salem-city-council-to-hold-public-hearing-on-data-center-moratorium-tonight-at-6-p-m/",
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          "summary": "Verrus application was deemed incomplete on August 28, 2026.",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/21/salem-city-council-to-hold-public-hearing-on-data-center-moratorium-tonight-at-6-p-m/",
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          "summary": "Verrus is building a 5.1 billion dollar data center in Salem's Mill Creek Corporate Center",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/09/09/verrus-hires-lobbyist-as-kotek-slams-breaks-on-data-center-development-on-public-lands/",
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          "summary": "Verrus CEO Nelson Abramson filed land use application for data center with two 600,000 square foot buildings in late July 2026",
          "source_url": "https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2026/09/08/salem-town-halls-data-centers-policy/91658873007/",
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          "source_date": "2026-08-28",
          "summary": "Application for roughly 100 acre AI data center in Salem Mill Creek Corporate Center deemed incomplete by city planning staff",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/28/verrus-application-for-mill-creek-data-center-deemed-incomplete-by-city-officials/",
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          "summary": "City officials deemed the Verrus application incomplete, citing a missing noise study and archaeological review.",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/28/verrus-application-for-mill-creek-data-center-deemed-incomplete-by-city-officials/",
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          "source_date": "2026-08-14",
          "summary": "SEDCOR selected Verrus over multiple other prospective companies for a data center at Mill Creek Corporate Center despite Verrus having never built a data center before",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/14/sedcor-chose-verrus-over-multiple-companies-eyeing-salem-for-data-center-buildouts/",
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          "summary": "Salem City Council voted unanimously at a special meeting to initiate a moratorium on new data center applications.",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/08/03/reporter-live-salem-city-council-convenes-special-meeting-on-data-center-moratorium-at-loucks/",
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          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Alderstone LLC filed a land use application with the City of Salem for two data center buildings on three lots at the Mill Creek Corporate Center.",
          "source_url": "https://salembusinessjournal.org/2026/08/03/salem-data-center-moratorium-oakline-filing/",
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          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Governor Tina Kotek directed the Department of Administrative Services to terminate the sale of 32 acres of state land at Mill Creek to Verrus.",
          "source_url": "https://katu.com/news/local/gov-tina-kotek-orders-oregon-to-withdraw-land-sale-for-salem-area-data-center-local-environment-community-business-water-energy-",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Residents filled Salem City Council chambers for about five hours of public comment on the proposal.",
          "source_url": "https://www.kptv.com/2026/07/28/wont-back-down-salem-residents-fill-city-council-chambers-data-center-testimony/",
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          "effective_at": "2026-07-13",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "The City of Salem disclosed a proposed Verrus data center campus at the Mill Creek Corporate Center after being released from a nondisclosure agreement.",
          "source_url": "https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/07/14/salem-discloses-proposed-mill-creek-data-center-project-after-city-released-from-nda/",
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