Earlier this month, I traveled to Georgia to explore the political backlash to skyrocketing electricity bills. Across the state, from metro Atlanta to rural communities, I met Georgians frustrated by rate increase after rate increase. I also met renegade politicians and activists who hope to turn the challenge into a full-throated issue at the ballot box.

As I wrote in a TIME feature this week, this political heat poses a significant threat to the build out of new power infrastructure in the U.S.—and, in turn, the expansion of the data centers needed for AI. It’s also an indicator of what may be the most significant shift to the narrative driving climate action. For decades, climate advocates have tried to make rising global temperatures—and the fossil-fueled energy system that causes i

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