Why Big Tech Companies Are BUYING Up Farmland in Ohio

December 4, 2025

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Ohio’s farmland is disappearing quickly, and many are asking why big tech companies and billionaires are buying so much of it here in the Buckeye State. Fields that have been in the same family for decades are suddenly gone, sold to “out of town” LLCs in cash deals that the average person can’t compete with. This video explores the shift in agriculture and farming as real estate dynamics change, impacting local communities and land ownership. We examine the reasons behind these purchases and what they mean for Ohio’s future.

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How a Washington Tax Break for Data Centers Snowballed Into One of the State’s Biggest Corporate Giveaways

In 2010, as the country still reeled from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, tech companies, real estate developers and rural lobbyists went to the state Capitol in Olympia, Washington, to press for a tax break for data centers.

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