Misleading2026-06
What is circulating
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren posted on X on 5 June 2026: "If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%."”
Claimed by Elizabeth Warren · social media
The facts
PolitiFact rated the claim Mostly False. The 267 percent figure, from a Bloomberg analysis, measured wholesale prices at some grid locations near data centers between 2020 and 2025, and wholesale supply makes up only about 30 to 50 percent of a household bill. Average U.S. residential electricity costs rose 42 percent over five years, though data center demand did raise capacity costs in the PJM market by $9.3 billion.