A small pocket in Kansas just made a move that shocked America, unanimously voting to ban data centers in favor of farmland. These Kansas Counties are sitting atop some of the most fertile agricultural soil in the United States. At the same time, the AI data center boom is grasping for that same land. But driven by secret land purchases, non-disclosure agreements, fears about water depletion, and the loss of generational farmland, communities across south-central Kansas unanimously voted to ban or pause data center development. The most prominent example is when Sedgwick County where residents and the Board of Commissioners has repeatedly imposed bans on development. In Harvey and Saline County, they imposed one of the longer bans we have seen nationwide at 3 years. 70% of Americans oppose the development of AI data centers in their local area, and Kansas is at the heart of that protecting their agriculture. If we want to help keep these small farmers alive, support them directly. It’s unbelievable that needs to be said but we have now reached a point where there is a genuine fight between food production and some of the biggest companies in the World. Big Tech is taking over useful land and we have the opportunity to help shut it down.