For generations, Ida Huddleston has owned a 1,200-acre farm in northern Kentucky. Last year, she and her family turned down an offer of $26 million from a major artificial intelligence company to sell part of the land for a proposed data center.


Huddleston, now 82, said they declined because they did not want a data center near their property or on any of their land. 'We know whenever our food is disappearing, our lands are disappearing,' Huddleston told Local 12 WKRC, adding that she doubted the data center would bring economic growth to Mason County.


‘It’s a scam,’ she said, reflecting her concerns over recent water shortages and ground poisoning near similar facilities. The company has since revised its plans and filed a zoning request for more than 2,000 acres in northern Kentucky.