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Data-center electricity use, , for 2018

76TWh

As of 19 Dec 2024 · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Single source Permalink

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total U.S. data center electricity use including servers, storage, network equipment, and infrastructure
Category
AI infrastructure power · Data-center electricity demand
Object
us_data_centers
Measure
Data-center electricity use (dc_electricity_use_twh)
Family
demand_estimate · load
Geography
US
For year
2018
Organization
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Claim type
Estimate
Method
Transcribed by hand from the document (Executive Summary, PDF page 6). Raw sha256 3a2257cdf4c3. 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
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report
National laboratory synthesis · retrieved 14 Sep 2026
https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report_1.pdf
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19 Dec 2026 (730 days after the as-of date)
Notes
Bottom-up model from equipment shipment data. Cryptocurrency mining is estimated separately in chapter 6 with a different (top-down) method.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (2024). 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report [Data-center electricity use, None, for 2018: 76 TWh, as of 2024-12-19]. Retrieved 2026-09-14, from https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report_1.pdf. Recorded in TechCarta, CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_TWH_2018-2024-12-19-001. https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_TWH_2018-2024-12-19-001/

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@misc{carta_demand_us_us_dc_twh_2018_2024_12_19_001,
  author = {{Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}},
  title = {2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report: Data-center electricity use, None, for 2018, 76 TWh (as of 2024-12-19)},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {\url{https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/lbnl-2024-united-states-data-center-energy-usage-report_1.pdf}},
  note = {TechCarta Carta CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_TWH_2018-2024-12-19-001; source retrieved 2026-09-14},
  url = {https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-DEMAND-US-US_DC_TWH_2018-2024-12-19-001/}
}

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