US EditionKentucky Family Rejects $26 Million Bid to Sell Farm Land for Data Center
The family rejected a $26 million offer, about 10 times local land value, citing deep ties to their 1,200-acre farm and concerns over secrecy and economic promises.
- On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Kentucky farmers Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston, rejected a $26 million offer to sell part of their 1,200-acre Mason County farm for a proposed data center.
- An unnamed artificial intelligence company approached dozens of local landowners with offers roughly 10 times the standard $6,000-per-acre land value, seeking nearly 2,000 acres for a proposed data center project.
- Bare stated, "If it's my way, I'll stay and hold and feed a nation," while Huddleston dismissed the company's promises as a "scam," citing concerns about disappearing farmland and unsafe water.
- Despite the family's refusal, the developer revised plans using land from 18 of the 20 contacted residents, and the Joint Planning Commission reviewed a zoning request during public meetings on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Industry data shows data center land transactions surged 144% since 2022, while Sierra Club organizer Elisa Owen raised transparency concerns about the anonymous buyer and its impact on local agricultural preservation.
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In the U.S., farmers rejected 26 million dollars, and a company wanted to build a data center on its land.
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