US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage vs Fossil CO2 emissions in United States

In 2023, US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage in United States was 176 TWh; fossil CO2 emissions was 4,918.4 million tonnes.

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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage

Unit: TWh · 2 observations

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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintageUS data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage. 2 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 76 TWh to 176 TWh. Latest value 176 TWh (2023). TWh 0 50 100 150 200 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 76 176
US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintageUS data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage. 2 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 76 TWh to 176 TWh. Latest value 176 TWh (2023). TWh 0 50 100 150 200 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 76 176
US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintageUS data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage. 2 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 76 TWh to 176 TWh. Latest value 176 TWh (2023). TWh 0 50 100 150 200 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 76 176
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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage
Period Type Value
2018 Estimate 76 TWh
2023 Estimate 176 TWh
Source: Berkeley Lab · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Fossil CO2 emissions

Unit: million tonnes · 6 observations

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Fossil CO2 emissionsFossil CO2 emissions. 6 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 4,690 million tonnes to 5,361.2 million tonnes. Latest value 4,918.4 million tonnes (2023). million tonnes 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 5,361 4,918
Fossil CO2 emissionsFossil CO2 emissions. 6 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 4,690 million tonnes to 5,361.2 million tonnes. Latest value 4,918.4 million tonnes (2023). million tonnes 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 5,361 4,918
Fossil CO2 emissionsFossil CO2 emissions. 6 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 4,690 million tonnes to 5,361.2 million tonnes. Latest value 4,918.4 million tonnes (2023). million tonnes 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 5,361 4,918
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Fossil CO2 emissions
Period Type Value
2018 Estimate 5,361.2 million tonnes
2019 Estimate 5,235.9 million tonnes
2020 Estimate 4,690 million tonnes
2021 Estimate 5,020.1 million tonnes
2022 Estimate 5,055.4 million tonnes
2023 Estimate 4,918.4 million tonnes
Source: GCP · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Period US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage Fossil CO2 emissions
2018 76 TWh Berkeley Lab 5,361.2 million tonnes GCP
2023 176 TWh Berkeley Lab 4,918.4 million tonnes GCP

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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

Fossil CO2 emissions

Annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes (such as cement manufacture).

6 observations charted in United States (of 35 annual records) · source organisations: GCP

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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