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Share of total electricity demand used by data centers
Electricity consumed by data centers given as a share of electricity generation. Data centers power a wide range of digital services, including streaming, messaging and cloud storage. Artificial intelligence (AI) focused data centers are a subset of this electricity consumption.
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International Energy Agency (2025, 2026); Ember (2026)
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