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- Mervin Raudabaugh, an 86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer, rejected a $15 million offer from data center developers to protect his family's legacy.
- He sold development rights for nearly $2 million to a conservation trust to keep the land as farmland.
- Social media users praised his integrity amid concerns about data centers consuming farmland.
- New York lawmakers proposed a three-year moratorium on new data center developments, joining five other states.
