US data centre electricity consumption: low scenario endpoint

RecordSTO-A52538F02E-747C0BC3AC-8CC4

325TWh
forecast

United States · 2028

Berkeley Lab projects US data centre electricity consumption: low scenario endpoint at 325 TWh in 2028.

Original source
Publisher
Berkeley Lab
Authority tier
T3 Research
Locator
Executive summary, printed page 6 / scenario range
Retrieved
22 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

with the low and high end of roughly 325 and 580 TWh in 2028, as shown in Figure ES-1.

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APA

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (2024). 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report_1.pdf. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_a52538f02e747c0bc3ac8cc4

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MLA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report." 2024, https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report_1.pdf. Accessed 22 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_a52538f02e747c0bc3ac8cc4.
Chicago
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report." 2024. https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report_1.pdf. Accessed September 22, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_a52538f02e747c0bc3ac8cc4.
BibTeX
@misc{berkeleylab2024dataac8cc4, author = {{Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}}, title = {2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_a52538f02e747c0bc3ac8cc4}, note = {Original source: https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report\_1.pdf. Accessed September 22, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 3 · Research and companies
Report
2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report
Type
Report
Published
20 December 2024
Locator
Executive summary, printed page 6 / scenario range
Retrieved
22 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

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
/stat/stat_a52538f02e747c0bc3ac8cc4