Data-centre battery storage power: upper projection endpoint

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25GW
forecast

Global · 2030

IEA projects data-centre battery storage power: upper endpoint worldwide at 25 GW in 2030.

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

By 2030, around 20-25 GW of battery storage could be installed in data centres globally, potentially making them a grid asset if the incentives are right.

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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_0f049dd21be43b9e9234bb7c

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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_0f049dd21be43b9e9234bb7c.
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_0f049dd21be43b9e9234bb7c.
BibTeX
@misc{iea2026data34bb7c, 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_0f049dd21be43b9e9234bb7c}, 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
26 September 2026
Permanent URL
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