{"id":189414,"date":"2026-02-21T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/us-farmers-are-rejecting-multimillion-dollar-datacenter-bids-for-their-land-im-not-for-sale-ai-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T14:20:11","slug":"us-farmers-are-rejecting-multimillion-dollar-datacenter-bids-for-their-land-im-not-for-sale-ai-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/us-farmers-are-rejecting-multimillion-dollar-datacenter-bids-for-their-land-im-not-for-sale-ai-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: \u2018I\u2019m not for sale\u2019 | AI (artificial intelligence)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/21\/us-farmers-datacenters\">US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: \u2018I\u2019m not for sale\u2019 | AI (artificial intelligence)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/21\/us-farmers-datacenters\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/feb\/21\/us-farmers-datacenters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-21 09:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An unnamed Fortune 100 company sought to purchase farmland in Mason county, Kentucky, from Ida Huddleston for a datacenter project.<\/li>\n<li>Many farmers, including Huddleston and her neighbors, have refused offers, some even defying multimillion-dollar bids to maintain their lifestyles and familial bonds with the land.<\/li>\n<li>Despite potential high returns for developers, the emotional attachment and cultural value of the land to families have made them unwilling to sell.<\/li>\n<li>Such standoffs highlight the physical and cultural constraints of artificial intelligence&#8217;s infrastructure needs, revealing a gap between what Wall Street values and what rural families place on their land.<\/li>\n<li>The cultural and identity value tied to the land surpasses monetary offers, leading many farmers to resist selling, despite the potential for significant financial gain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: \u2018I\u2019m not for sale\u2019 |&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/15e17f876989e2b3c1377e4cd5868f8103a523f6\/550_0_4480_3583\/master\/4480.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=c5187bd429e80a0c4b08ef9494d77733","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-189414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189416,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189414\/revisions\/189416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}