Electricity bills have become one of the angriest issues in American politics, and the AI data centre boom behind those rising costs is fast becoming the defining liability of the 2026 midterms.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, electricity prices in Pennsylvania rose 21.7% in 2025 while the national average climbed 8.3%. The International Energy Agency confirmed that data centre electricity demand surged 17% globally that same year, outpacing overall energy demand growth of 3%. The connection voters are drawing is not abstract: data centres are consuming power faster than grids can absorb the strain, and the cost is landing on household bills.
