Every day, we read about massive data centers coming to the Southeast. Billions of dollars. Thousands of construction jobs. The promise of economic transformation.

But as President of the Alabama Public Service Commission, I want to talk about what’s really at stake beyond the headlines: your electric bill, the reliability of your power, and whether Alabama families will end up paying for infrastructure built for big tech.

Data centers are the backbone of our digital world. When you stream a movie, send an email, or use artificial intelligence, massive facilities somewhere are processing that data around the clock. The smallest ones occupy 50,000 square feet.

The largest, called hyperscale centers, can exceed 4 million square feet, larger than 18 Walmart Supercenters combined. They cons

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