82-year-old Ida Huddleston has lived on the same stretch of farmland since she was 16. She and her late husband built a log home there, raised their children and spent decades working the land. Today, the family owns about 1,200 acres, with several generations still living on the property.
So when a major artificial intelligence company came looking to buy hundreds of acres for a massive data center project, Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare, faced a decision that could have changed their family’s future. The offer was reportedly worth more than $26 million but they declined the offer.
