I expect increased demand will lead to higher prices, which is one of the reasons that people are protesting data centers being installed near them

Nope. We are failing to invest now in any potential future generation, it seems?

Would love to be demonstrated to be wrong! I heard rumblings of a few reatarted nuclear reactors out there, but its like... that a few dozens of Mw?

Looks grim boy & girls!

Haha good one