According to @KobeissiLetter, US industrial electricity prices in the five states with the most data centers—Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, and Ohio—have surged about 43% over the past five years as AI infrastructure drives demand (source: @KobeissiLetter). For trading, this makes state-level power inflation a direct risk input for electricity-intensive blockchain operations and BTC mining exposure, warranting closer monitoring of power-cost trends in these data-center hubs (source: @KobeissiLetter).