It's also one of the oldest and poorly maintained for much of the country. As the data centers keep going up it's making it harder and harder to meet customers energy needs.

You have some of the world's cheapest electricity wholesale. You also have a huge variance in prices to end-user, with the people that complain on the internet being among the most expensive in the world... because, of course, people that get cheaper prices don't complain.

Also, yes, electricity in Germany is expensive as fuck.