Source: IEA, Energy and AI, April 2025, rounded values. projetcelsius.com/en/ai · CC BY 4.0
The analysis
The United States and China account for almost 80% of the increase: very concentrated growth.nearly 80%United States+240China+175Europe+45Rest of the world+70The increase from 2024 to 2030, in TWh, by region · IEA, table for this chart
This is not AI alone: cloud, storage and online services are included.
The figures
One band per region; stacked, they give the world's data centre electricity consumption.
415 TWh in 2024, 945 TWh in 2030.2024, estimate4152030, baseline scenario945TWh per year, all data centres in the world · IEA
2 years published by the IEA, 2024 and 2030: the line joins them without inventing the years in between.
Assumptions
All data centres, all uses, excluding cryptocurrencies.
2030 is a scenario, not a forecast: the IEA's variants range from 833 to 1,008 TWh.
Values rounded by the source: the sum of the regions may differ by 1 to 2 TWh.
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