I am an engineer at a large utility in the Pacific Northwest. My ratepayers pay very little for power, We generate with hydro which is very, very cheap. There are very few opportunities for more hydro. Every new MW we add is going to cost two orders of magnitude more per MWh compared with the existing stuff. We would not need to add capacity like this, except that we are being absolutely deluged with requests for enormous new data centers, which will require purchasing power from these very expensive sources. This will drive up prices for everyone. There's a lot of people in this thread that are confidently claiming things will happen in systems they barely understand. I'm here to tell you this will create a power affordability crisis in my region, and it hasn't even started yet. The effects won't be fully seen for years.