US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage vs Carbon intensity of electricity generation in United States
In 2023, US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage in United States was 176 TWh; carbon intensity of electricity generation was 392.9 gCO2e/kWh.
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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage
Unit: TWh · 2 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Unit: gCO2e/kWh · 6 observations
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
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| Period | US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage | Carbon intensity of electricity generation |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 76 TWh Berkeley Lab | 462.6 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
| 2023 | 176 TWh Berkeley Lab | 392.9 gCO2e/kWh Ember |
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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage
Modeled annual electricity used by US data-centre servers, storage, network equipment and facility infrastructure.
2 observations charted in United States · source organisations: Berkeley Lab
Carbon intensity of electricity generation
Emissions intensity of electricity generation, measured as greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e) per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.
6 observations charted in United States (of 26 annual records) · source organisations: Ember
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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