Data centers are spiking electricity costs in Maryland. It’s the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ one expert warns

It's lots of places. Yet it was somehow a partisan issue in local elections, with the parties blaming the other for the cost increases. It was enough to make me want to pull out what was left of my hair.

Lots of things could be worse. Let's not normalize the worsening of our local services

Could also be much better. If we built more nuclear plants decades ago electricity would be much cheaper and data centers would be way less of a concern.