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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage
United States: 176 TWh in 2023.
- 176 TWh Latest · United States · 2023
- Annual Release cadence
- 2 Records · 1 region · 2018–2023
Verified 22 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher · Next period 2024
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US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage
United States, 2018 to 2023
Estimates are listed as such in the table below
Every record
2 records · 1 region · 2018–2023. Each period links to its record: the value, the quote it was read from, and the document.
| Period | Value | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States 2 records | |||
| 2023 | 176 TWh | Berkeley Lab · 20 Dec 2024 | estimate |
| 2018 | 76 TWh | Berkeley Lab · 20 Dec 2024 | estimate |
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- Definition
- Modeled annual electricity used by US data-centre servers, storage, network equipment and facility infrastructure.
- Measure
- One slice of Electricity consumption ( form: level, segment: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report | Berkeley Lab | 20 Dec 2024 | 2 |
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What is the latest US data centre electricity consumption, LBNL December 2024 vintage?
United States: 176 TWh in 2023.
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