Data centers are driving electricity prices through the roof in Ohio. PJM just announced record price spikes in capacity auctions. Ohio families shouldn't subsidize Big Tech's server farms.

PJM Interconnection, the regional grid operator serving Ohio and 12 other states, has recently experienced significant price spikes during its capacity auctions. Independent analysis from Monitoring Analytics, the PJM market monitor, has explicitly identified the surge in data center electricity demand as a key driver behind these wholesale power cost increases. Data center load growth was estimated to account for approximately 9.7% of wholesale power costs in the first half of 2026 alone.mgrid.orgmgrid.orgData Centers Added 9 7 Percent to Pjm Wholesale Power Costs in the First Half of...For instance, the monitor estimated that existing and forecast data center demand accounted for approximately 9% of wholesale power costs in the first seven months of 2026 For instance, the monitor estimated that existing and forecast data...utilitydive.comutilitydive.comData Center Load Pjm Wholesale MarketData Center Impact: PJM’s independent market monitor, Monitoring Analytics, has explicitly identified data center load growth as a major factor in these cost increases For instance, the monitor estimated that existing and forecast data...