Saline Township board approves Oracle tax abatement, cap it at original $4.8B project cost

The Saline Township Board of Trustees approved a 12-year tax abatement for Oracle's data center project, reducing its real and personal property taxes by 50% but capping the benefit at the original $4.8 billion project cost, despite the project now costing $43 billion. The decision followed extensive public feedback, with residents expressing mixed reactions but viewing the cap as a compromise victory.