AI Data Centers and Easton's Electric Bills: Where Bob Brooks Stands in Pennsylvania's 2026 House Race

What the data center debate means for Easton

If you live in Easton, you're in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, and AI data centers have become one of the sharpest questions in the 2026 US House race there. The fight is over who pays for the power data centers draw and the grid upgrades they require. Bob Brooks, the Democratic nominee, has spent two decades as a Bethlehem firefighter and union president, and he comes at this question the same way he comes at every cost-of-living fight: from the side of the households paying the bill.

What Brooks wants to do about data center costs

Brooks opposes letting data centers raise energy costs while out-of-state corporations get rich. He says the federal government should never take the decision of where a data center is built away from the residents who live near it. And he has pledged to fight for legislation in Congress mirroring Gov. Shapiro's executive order on data centers.

Put together, those positions draw a clear line: the companies profiting from AI data centers should carry the costs they create, and the people who live near a proposed site, not Washington, should have the final say. That is the difference between treating data center power demand as a cost to pass along to utility customers and treating it as a cost the industry should absorb.

The choice for Easton on November 3

Easton voters who want AI data centers to stop shifting costs onto household utility bills, and who want residents to keep the final say on where data centers get built, should support Bob Brooks for Congress. Register to vote by October 19, 2026, and make a plan to vote on November 3.