Onsite gas generation overbuild relative to data-centre demand: low endpoint

RecordSTO-0094BDC25A-CB489B5C6E-26CE

30%
estimate

Global · as of 16 Apr 2026

Onsite gas generation overbuild relative to data-centre demand: low endpoint worldwide was 30% (IEA, published 16 April 2026).

Original source
Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
Executive summary / AI is pushing data centre power density to the limits of today’s technologies
Retrieved
22 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

30% to 70% relative to demand

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2026). Executive summary – Key Questions on Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/key-questions-on-energy-and-ai/executive-summary. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0094bdc25acb489b5c6e26ce

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Key Questions on Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA." 2026, https://www.iea.org/reports/key-questions-on-energy-and-ai/executive-summary. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0094bdc25acb489b5c6e26ce.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Executive summary – Key Questions on Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA." 2026. https://www.iea.org/reports/key-questions-on-energy-and-ai/executive-summary. Accessed September 22, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0094bdc25acb489b5c6e26ce.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2026onsite6e26ce, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Executive summary – Key Questions on Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_0094bdc25acb489b5c6e26ce}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/key-questions-on-energy-and-ai/executive-summary. Accessed September 22, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Executive summary – Key Questions on Energy and AI – Analysis - IEA
Type
Report
Published
16 April 2026
Locator
Executive summary / AI is pushing data centre power density to the limits of today’s technologies
Retrieved
22 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
editorial:ai-assisted-source-check:2026-09-22
Checked on
22 September 2026
Last revision
22 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_0094bdc25acb489b5c6e26ce