Commentary: Data Centers Aren't the Only Threat to Farmland

Protests against data centers have exploded across the US, with communities revolting against a multitude of proven damaging effects on energy prices, clean air and water – and the devastation of tens of thousands of acres of agricultural land. Recent headlines in national publications report that farmers and rural communities are rejecting multimillion-dollar bids from institutional investors and tech companies to buy their farmland to build data centers. A farmer in Kentucky rejected $33 million for her farmland; another in Pennsylvania turned down a $15 million offer; and one farmer in Wisconsin even reportedly refused a whopping $70+ million bid...