Farm owners resist data center development across U.S. counties

The movement against data centers is raising up a raison d'etre of the anti-renewables movement: protecting would-be farmland. Farm owners and operators across the U.S. are winning national headlines almost every week for rejecting big dollar offers from data center developers. In Hanover County,…

First covered Jun 26, 2026 · 1:12 PM PT · 1 article

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6h Heatmap News Data Centers Have a Farmland Problem, Too — The movement against data centers is raising up a raison d'etre of the anti-renewables movement: protecting would-be farmland. Farm owners and operators across…

Appeared in: 2026-06-27 (#4)

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