Overview
- An unnamed Fortune 100 developer filed to rezone more than 2,000 acres near the Huddleston/Bare farm, moving the proposed data center into public review by the Mason County Joint Planning Commission.
- Ida Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare, said they refused about $26 million to sell part of their roughly 1,200 acres outside Maysville after the company approached them last April.
- Local reports say the offers ran about $48,000 to $60,000 per acre in a county where farmland averages near $6,000 per acre.
- The family cited a duty to keep farming and concerns about water and soil harm and said claims of local jobs and growth sounded like a scam.
- Coverage varies by outlet, with TechCrunch centering the rezoning process and right-leaning sites like Fox News and the Daily Caller spotlighting the family’s stand and the broader AI-fueled land rush.