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Jason Ma

Farmer turns down $15.7 million offer from data center developers: 'It breaks my heart … the rest of every square inch is going to get built on'

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Preserving farmland for future generations was so important to a farmer in Pennsylvania that he rejected a deal worth more than $15 million from data center developers, according to Fox 43.

Instead, 86-year-old Mervin Raudabaugh sold development rights for less than $2 million to a trust that will preserve his land.

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