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Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise

TechnologyFebruary 24, 2026
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Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
Even in a fragile farm economy, million-dollar offers can't sway dedicated farmers.
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It seems that tech giants eyeing rural zones for data center development have underestimated how attached American farmers have grown to their lands in the decades they've been nurturing them.

Across the country, several farmers have firmly rejected eye-popping offers—sometimes in the tens of millions. These offers dwarf the value of their properties, but farmers have refused to put a price on the lands that they love most.

In a report on Monday, The Guardian highlighted a handful of cases nationwide where farmers' refusals have frustrated plans to build data centers in areas long deemed rural.

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