Mike DeWine acknowledged Wednesday that Ohio is facing an energy crunch as demand for electricity soars from data-center construction. Mike DeWine and the editorial board. Rather, DeWine noted that he’s joined with other governors in pushing Ohio’s regional power-grid operator to ensure that energy-guzzling data centers don’t hike prices for other customers. State utility regulators also voted last year to require data centers to pay a larger share of the cost to expand electric grids. Besides reining in higher prices, another major way to keep energy prices under control is to increase the supply of electricity.