Congressional Democrats are pressing the White House to explain how it plans to curb rising electricity costs tied to the data center boom. (WSJ)
The group is criticizing tech giants like Meta, OpenAI, Alphabet, and Oracle for fueling massive power demand while ordinary Americans face higher utility bills—up 5.1% YoY in September.
Big picture: It seems Democratic leadership is seizing on electricity prices in the wake of last week’s elections—during which left-leaning candidates successfully ran on promises of lowering utility bills.