‘Not for sale’: Pennsylvania farmer rejects $15 million data center offer to preserve family farmland worldwide. News
A Pennsylvania farmer turned down a $15 million data center offer and instead opted to permanently preserve his family’s land through a conservation easement. a decision that has pushed AI-powered infrastructure deeper into rural America. Mervin Raudabaugh, a lifelong farmer in Cumberland County, sold the development rights to his 261-acre property for nearly $2 million,…