Pennsylvania families sell 1,700 acres for $586M; couple gets $22M for 89-acre hog farm

Pennsylvania families sell 1,700 acres for $586 million; AI data center boom helps one couple earn over $22 million for their 89-acre hog farm The AI data center boom is changing the fortunes of families across rural America, and one Pennsylvania couple has become one of its biggest beneficiaries after selling their 89-acre hog farm for more than $22 million.David and Marilee Kiliti, who had spent years raising and butchering hogs on land that had been in their family for around 80 years, never imagined their struggling farm would attract such a massive offer. According to The Wall Street Journal, when developers first approached them nearly two years ago saying the property could be worth more than $20 million, they thought it was a prank.AI data centers drive land prices higherThe land wasn't valuable because of oil, gas or minerals beneath it. Instead, developers were interested in something far more critical for the AI era, electric power infrastructure.The farm is located in Salem Township, Pennsylvania, where existing transmission lines and substations already supply electricity from a natural gas plant and the 2,475-megawatt Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear plant.T...