>It also doesn't necessarily matter if the data centers actually raise electricity rates.

>Regardless of whether or not they do, you can block their construction and try to horse-trade it for relief on energy prices.

So in other words burn the credibility and reputation of whatever you're using for that purpose so you can pull a quick "fuck you got mine" to the tune of several cents per kwh off your bill.

That sort of policy making is not sustainable and is exactly the sort of selfish shortsighted thinking that birthed the current political climate.

Edit: At leas you're honest about it. The usual peddlers of such stuff are in denial about what they're doing so they can't be made to understand the tradeoffs.