Mother & Daughter Rejected $26 Mill Offer to Sell KY Farmland to Build 2,000 Acre Data Center, But Say Others Haven't
- 'Mother and Daughter Rejected $26M Offer to Sell Farmland to Build 2,000-Acre Data Center, but Say Others Haven’t.' - “They call us old stupid farmers, you know, but we’re not,” said Ida Huddleston, 82. People Mag., March 26, 2026.
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A Kentucky mom and daughter are continuing to speak out after not selling their farmland for a proposed data center, rejecting an offer of over $26 million. "There’s nothing that can destroy me if I’ve got this land," said Delsia Bare. The buyer, described as a Fortune 100 company, has remained anonymous throughout the process, which remains ongoing.
A Kentucky mother and daughter are continuing to open up about their decision to keep their farmland rather than accept a multi-million payout that could pave the way for a data center, which may still be happening anyway.
“My grandfather and great-grandfather and a whole bunch of family have all lived here for years, paid taxes on it, fed a nation off of it,” Delsia Bare told CBS affiliate WKRC. “Even raised wheat through the Depression and kept bread lines up in the United States of America when people didn’t have anything else.” 🚜
Bare and her 82-year-old mom Ida Huddleston own hundreds of acres of farmland outside Maysville, according to WKRC. Together, the two have rejected over $26 million to sell part of the farmland to an undisclosed Fortune 100 company. "What they've proposed and carried on it's not a business deal, it's a mind harassment," Huddleston previously told NBC affiliate WLEX...
https://people.com/mother-daughter-rejected-26m-offer-sell-farmland-to-build-data-center-say-others-havent-11934396
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