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AI infrastructure power · Data-center electricity demand · CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2030_LOW-2024-05-28-001

Data-center share of electricity use, , for 2030

4.6%

As of 28 May 2024 · Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) · Outdated as of 28 May 2026 Permalink

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mid-range share of total U.S. electricity consumption, assuming other loads grow at 1% annually
Category
AI infrastructure power · Data-center electricity demand
Object
us_data_centers
Measure
Data-center share of electricity use (dc_electricity_share_percent)
Family
demand_estimate · load
Geography
US
For year
2030
Organization
Electric Power Research Institute
Claim type
Estimate
Method
Transcribed by hand from the document (PDF page 17). Raw sha256 30c80ab40769. Verified against the source file on 2026-09-14 by TechCarta's automated checks: each quote was found in the source file and each value in its quote. Approved for publication by C.J. Fernandes.
Source
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Powering Intelligence: Analyzing Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Energy Consumption
Research institute · retrieved 14 Sep 2026
https://restservice.epri.com/publicdownload/000000003002028905/0/Product
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Outdated as of 28 May 2026 Past its re-check date. Describes the evidence recorded for this claim, not whether it is true. How this is decided
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28 May 2026 (730 days after the as-of date)
Notes
Cryptocurrency mining is excluded from the study (PDF page 14). Projections are a bounding analysis of data sources surveyed as of November 2023.
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Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). (2024). Powering Intelligence: Analyzing Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Energy Consumption [Data-center share of electricity use, None, for 2030: 4.6%, as of 2024-05-28]. Retrieved 2026-09-14, from https://restservice.epri.com/publicdownload/000000003002028905/0/Product. Recorded in TechCarta, CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2030_LOW-2024-05-28-001. https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2030_LOW-2024-05-28-001/

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@misc{carta_demand_us_us_dc_share_2030_low_2024_05_28_001,
  author = {{Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)}},
  title = {Powering Intelligence: Analyzing Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Energy Consumption: Data-center share of electricity use, None, for 2030, 4.6\% (as of 2024-05-28)},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {\url{https://restservice.epri.com/publicdownload/000000003002028905/0/Product}},
  note = {TechCarta Carta CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2030_LOW-2024-05-28-001; source retrieved 2026-09-14},
  url = {https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_SHARE_2030_LOW-2024-05-28-001/}
}

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