WASHINGTON D.C. – A stunning bipartisan coalition of political figures, including former President Donald Trump and several prominent Democratic governors, has reportedly come to the startling realization that electricity is not, in fact, an infinitely regenerating resource. This profound discovery has prompted an urgent, unified call for regulation of the burgeoning data center industry, which officials now admit they previously championed with 'reckless abandon' and 'the energy literacy of a houseplant.'

Sources close to the newly formed 'Grid Enlightenment Task Force' (GETF) indicate that the epiphany struck after a series of 'unprecedented brownouts' left several gubernatorial mansions without Wi-Fi for 'almost an hour.'

“We always assumed the electrons just… kept coming,” stated Dr. Philomena Watt, Chief of Theoretical Power Abundance at the Department of Energy’s Fictional Energy Division. “Our models, based largely on children’s drawings of lightning, simply didn't account for the sheer volume of server farms demanding enough juice to power a small moon. Frankly, we’re embarrassed.”

Former President Trump, speaking from his Mar-a-Lago residence, echoed the sentiment. “Nobody knew electricity could be so complicated. It’s tremendous, the best electricity, but these server guys, they’re taking it all. We need to build a wall… around the power grid.”

Governors are now proposing a 'Netflix Tax' on data centers, where every gigabyte streamed incurs a surcharge to fund new power plants, or, failing that, a national 'lights out' drill every Tuesday to 'let the grid catch its breath.' Experts predict these measures will be 'just enough' to prevent the entire nation from reverting to a pre-industrial era, give or take a few smart toasters.