Overview
- The Mason County family, featured in Local 12 interviews Tuesday, said they rejected about $26 million to sell part of their farm for a proposed data center.
- Reports said the offers included $60,000 per acre for Ida Huddleston’s 71 acres and $48,000 per acre for Delsia Bare’s 463 acres.
- Local 12 reported typical farmland in the county sells for about $6,000 per acre, which makes the bids far above market.
- Huddleston and Bare cited family heritage and food production and warned the project could damage soil and water while providing few local jobs.
- The buyer has not been named, and the project could still be assembled from other parcels in a broader push that Cushman & Wakefield says features larger land deals since 2022 and state tax breaks in roughly 40 states.