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AI-focused data centres: annual electricity consumption growth
Global: 50% in 2025.
- 50% Latest · Global · 2025
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- 1 Record · 1 region · 2025
Verified 22 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher · Next period 2026
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AI-focused data centres: annual electricity consumption growth
Global, 2025
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- Definition
- Year-on-year percentage change in global electricity consumption of ai-focused data centres during 2025, as assessed by IEA in April 2026.
- Measure
- One slice of Electricity consumption ( form: growth, segment: ai data centres ) . Total electrical energy consumed over a given period. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
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Sources · 1 document
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive summary – Key Questions on Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA | IEA | 16 Apr 2026 | 1 |
Other slices of electricity consumption
- Ireland: metered electricity consumption by data centres 6 cso · data centre
- Electricity consumption 2
- Global data centre electricity consumption, IEA April 2026 vintage 2 data centre
- US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage 2 data centres
- All data centres: annual electricity consumption growth 1 data centres
- Electricity consumption (kilowatthours) 1
- Growth in renewable electricity consumption in transport 1 renewable transport
- Ireland: data centres share of metered electricity 1 data center
- Mobile industry electricity consumption 1 mobile
- Share of electricity consumption 1
- US data centre electricity consumption: high scenario endpoint 1 forecast high · data centre
- US data centre electricity consumption: low scenario endpoint 1 forecast low · data centre
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Global: 50% in 2025.
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