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As AI infrastructure demands explode, rural communities are increasingly resisting billion-dollar data center deals despite lucrative offers.

As AI infrastructure demands explode, rural communities are increasingly resisting billion-dollar data center deals despite lucrative offers.

An 82-year-old Kentucky woman rejected a $26 million offer from an AI company seeking to build a data center on her land

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