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They probably aren't offering all that much money, current prices aside, property could be worth a lot more. I imagine they are trying to lowball these farmers, and will try to get the government to use eminent domain to get it even cheaper, and as a threat to force them to sell cheap.
The Guardian article about it mentioned that the farmers that refused the offers were indeed threatened and told that they would invoke eminent domain and have their lands seized in the end anyways
My family has a ~7 acre tract in a rural area. Some random shell company keeps offering more and more even tho it isn't for sale. Their last offer was over 5X the overall state average and probably 20X what it is actually worth (no utilities, has to be hiked to, 90% rocks so not useful for farming). Local rumors say they are planning to build data centers in that area; So I suspect that's why.
Don't sell. Good luck. The land is worth more than current prices, without that land we are at the mercy of owners to rent from us too. Nothing is more important than owning land in the future here I'm afraid. But you need to pay property taxes too, and need vehicles to get into town from the country as well. (I'm trying to become a farmer of sorts right now, 10 acres.)
Absolutely wouldn't sell. It's pretty much an heirloom at this point. And who knows, one day I might want to build a cozy little cabin out amongst the data centers.
Speaking of little cabins, there is this aussie kid, a young man, does these videos called Primitive Technology, somewhere out there in the bush. It is really cool. He shows how to make cement from wood ash and conglomerate like broken pottery, makes bricks, little huts, the entire thing from scratch. I am trying to do a bunch of that stuff too. Am making a cellar of sorts to keep stuff from freezing, just need lumber to frame in doors for that part. I use sheet metal for roofs on structures though, this kid does it all like old school.
Oh yeah, he is one of the first youtubers that I felt compelled to support. "Hey, these are neat videos... Holy crap, that dood is putting in WORK!"
Once you build the cabin, you gotta have a needlepoint put up that is of a datacenter on fire to make the cabin extra cozy!
Is $33m for 650 acres really lowballing?
Depends on the state. Idaho? No. California? Yeah.
Idk, roughly 50k an acre, seems like a lot when added all up. Property is significantly less here that's for sure.
If they are offering that it's probably worth more. Plus though you just don't want those parasites to be in the area, using all the water, polluting, using all of our data to try to enslave us.