86-year-old Pennsylvania farmer turns down $15M data center offer

Cumberland County farmer Mervin Raudabaugh says preserving his land mattered more than a $15 million offer from data center developers. He was offered $60,000 per acre for his 261 acres in Silver Spring Township but says he did not want to destroy his farms. Instead, Raudabaugh sold development rights to the Lancaster Farmland Trust for just under $2 million, protecting the land from future development. He also shares concerns about how data center growth could affect land prices, wildlife, traffic and the future of family farming in the area. Read more: https://www.fox43.com/article/money/data-center-pennsylvania-cumberland-county-middlesex-township-farms-mervin-raudabaugh/521-b0a9da37-7d41-4309-a576-51537e955c16 WPMT-FOX43's YouTube channel is a hub for the best of FOX43 News and its investigative reports, top headlines, and digital exclusive content: youtube.com/c/fox43 SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/c/fox43 #Pennsylvania #Farming #DataCenters