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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage vs Renewable share of electricity generation in United States

In 2023, US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage in United States was 176 TWh; renewable share of electricity generation was 22.7%.

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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

Renewable share of electricity generation

Unit: % · 6 observations

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Renewable share of electricity generationRenewable share of electricity generation. 6 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 17.4% to 22.7%. Latest value 22.7% (2023). % 0 5 10 15 20 25 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 17% 23%
Renewable share of electricity generationRenewable share of electricity generation. 6 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 17.4% to 22.7%. Latest value 22.7% (2023). % 0 10 20 30 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 17% 23%
Renewable share of electricity generationRenewable share of electricity generation. 6 observations from 2018 to 2023, ranging from 17.4% to 22.7%. Latest value 22.7% (2023). % 0 10 20 30 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 17% 23%
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Renewable share of electricity generation
Period Type Value
2018 Actual 17.4%
2019 Actual 18.3%
2020 Actual 20.3%
2021 Actual 20.8%
2022 Actual 22.3%
2023 Actual 22.7%
Source: Ember · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Period US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage Renewable share of electricity generation
2018 76 TWh Berkeley Lab 17.4% Ember
2023 176 TWh Berkeley Lab 22.7% 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

Renewable share of electricity generation

Renewable sources' share of total electricity generation.

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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