As artificial intelligence reshapes the appetite for electricity across the nation, Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel has drawn a quiet but consequential line: the company's utilities will power the hyperscalers, but only if the people who already depend on those grids are made better off, not burdened. In Iowa, where data centers now account for roughly one in twelve units of electricity consumed, that principle has translated into surging earnings, rising property tax revenues for schools, and a model that regulators have found difficult to oppose. Abel's conditions — no rate harm, community co