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Mason County Farmer Rejects $26M AI Data Center Offer

4/3/2026

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Ida Huddleston rejected a $26 million offer to sell part of her 1,200-acre Mason County farm for an AI data center.
The plan would have built a large AI data center and promised 400 jobs.
Ida Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare, view the offer as an insult and a threat to rural life.
We Are Mason County is legally challenging the project.

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Story summary

Ida Huddleston rejected a $26 million offer to sell part of her 1,200-acre Mason County farm for an AI data center.
The plan would have built a large AI data center and promised 400 jobs.
Ida Huddleston and her daughter, Delsia Bare, view the offer as an insult and a threat to rural life.
We Are Mason County is legally challenging the project.