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“I’m not for sale”: Farmers refuse to take millions in data center deals

Family farmers are resisting multimillion-dollar offers to sell land for data centers, relying on preservation funds and raising concerns about environmental and health impacts.

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Even in a fragile farm economy, million-dollar offers can't sway dedicated farmers.

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Offers to tens of millions of dollars, farmers who answer "no thank you". Although the AIA consumes more and more calculation, it now encounters something that no budget controls: attachment to the land.

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From the Kentucky countryside to the global data center race: million-dollar offers to transform farmland into "powerland," but many farmers resist, citing their identity, sovereignty, and roots in the land. - on macitynet.it US farmers reject million-dollar offers from AI data centers for their land.

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NZ Herald broke the news in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday, February 23, 2026.
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