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1Calculation factorsMeta, fiscal year
All the electricity consumed by Meta in 2024, 98% of it by its data centres, with the carbon and water published.
- Selected reference: In 2024, source Meta.
- Consumption includes uses other than AI; AI's share is not isolated in this figure.
- Out of scope: the company's other emissions, including server manufacturing, counted separately.
Sentence to citeMeta, annual fiscal year: 5.97 MtCO2e, figure published by Meta, for 18.4 TWh of electricity.
Origin of the value
Depending on the local grid or on its renewable electricity contracts, the carbon of this electricity varies from 1 to 4,400.
Comparison with other infrastructure entries
Characteristics
| Unit | 1 year : in 2024 |
|---|---|
| Location | not applicable: a published total does not depend on the location of the servers |
| Counted | the electricity of all Meta sites, and its carbon according to the local grid |
| Not counted | the company's other emissions, including server manufacturing, counted separately |
| Status | published, 2 readings of the same scope |
All the characteristics
| Identifier | IA-0107, projetcelsius.com/en/ai/database/IA-0107/ |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.3 of 2 November 2026 |
| Category | Infrastructure, published as is |
| Year | 2024 (6 MtCO2e) |
| Choice of the selected value | value taken as it stands from its source, without calculation |
| Sources | Meta, 2025 |
| Compared with | Chip manufacturing (984 GWh), Data centres, Ireland (7.66 TWh), Microsoft (37 TWh), Google (43.6 TWh), Digital sector in France (reference) (51.5 TWh) |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Result for the chosen case
Sources of the calculation
1 publication, for this entry and those used to calculate it, with the chosen parameters.
Energy and factors
The references of the selected values and of the entries used in this calculation.
Meta · October 2025
Role and limits : Meta
What the publication covers. electricity, emissions by scope, water withdrawal and consumption, 2020 to 2024
Reading by the database. The annual data published by the company
Reference of the variant "In 2024"
Scope of the figure used. Meta, global, 2024, total electricity; 18.06 TWh for data centres, 0.36 TWh for offices
Limit. The latest published year
Published values
6 figures for the same quantity, each in its own scope.
Electricity
| Source | Date | Electricity | What the figure measures | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metaselected by the database, v0.3 | 2026 | 18.4 TWh | the value selected by the database | same scope | published |
| Meta ↗2025 Environmental Data Index | Oct. 2025 | 18.4 TWh | Meta, global, 2024, total electricity; 18.06 TWh for data centres, 0.36 TWh for offices | same scope | measured |
CO2e
| Source | Date | CO2e | What the figure measures | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta ↗2025 Environmental Data Index | Oct. 2025 | 5.97 MtCO2e | Meta, 2024, emissions from purchased electricity according to the local grid (scope 2, location-based) | same scope | computation |
| Meta ↗2025 Environmental Data Index | Oct. 2025 | 8.2 MtCO2e | Meta, 2024, all reported emissions (scopes 1, 2 and 3), with electricity contracts | other scope | published |
| Meta ↗2025 Environmental Data Index | Oct. 2025 | 1.36 ktCO2e | Meta, 2024, same electricity, matched 100% with renewables by contract (scope 2, market-based) | other scope | computation |
Water
| Source | Date | Water | What the figure measures | Scope | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta ↗2025 Environmental Data Index | Oct. 2025 | 3,120 Mm³ | Meta, global, 2024, water consumption, data centres and offices; 2.97 million m3 for data centres | same scope | measured |
| Meta ↗2025 Environmental Data Index | Oct. 2025 | 5,640 Mm³ | Meta, global, 2024, water withdrawal, data centres and offices, excluding construction sites | other scope | measured |
The published figures do not all count the same scope; the scope of each figure is written next to it. Why do the estimates diverge?
Methodology conventions
With their alternatives
| The rule | a published total is reproduced as is, with its year and scope; it is not converted with an average factor and does not add to the database's calculations |
|---|---|
| Calculate a case without an entry | The formula, the default values and a step-by-step example |
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History
Entry in version 0.3 of 2 November 2026, in the database in version 0.4
- 2 November 2026Designation : Meta, in one year becomes Meta, financial year.More precise designation: the object first, the specification after the comma, the quantity or period at the end; the former title remains searchable.
- 1st November 2026Creation : version 0.1.Entry added: Meta in one year, electricity, carbon and water for 2024.
- 31 October 2026Creation of the database, in its first version (0.1).
