An Ohio family farmed the same land for at least three generations; then a pipeline linked to Meta’s data center was mapped across 40 acres, but after the family challenged it, the developer chose another route
For at least three generations, the Luidhardt family has farmed land north of Bowling Green, Ohio. That continuity came under pressure when the family learned that a natural gas pipeline connected to Meta’s data centre in Middleton Township could cross roughly 40 acres of their soybean fields. After Jon and Ken Luidhardt challenged the proposed…

