A Texas farmer’s family has worked 6,000 acres for over a century; after his landlord sold 600 rented acres for a Google data center, he was given 60 days to leave
- Standing near the Haskell County border in West Texas, fourth-generation farmer Cheyenne Buerger can see industrial cranes building a huge Google facility just over four miles to the northeast.
- Until recently, part of that same horizon was farmland he worked himself.
- After farming thousands of acres with his family for more than a century, Buerger was forced to give up 600 acres of rented farmland when his landlord suddenly sold the property to a developer clearing the site for the tech giant.
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- Standing near the Haskell County border in West Texas, fourth-generation farmer Cheyenne Buerger can see industrial cranes building a huge Google facility just over four miles to the northeast.
- Until recently, part of that same horizon was farmland he worked himself.
- After farming thousands of acres with his family for more than a century, Buerger was forced to give up 600 acres of rented farmland when his landlord suddenly sold the property to a developer clearing the site for the tech giant.
Sources: Times of India