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Data-center electricity use, , for 2030

200–8,000TWh

As of 7 Apr 2025 · IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Efficient End-use Equipment (4E), EDNA · Single source Permalink

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Filter, as published: projections for 2030 in the reviewed literature; bounds stated as "just over 200 TWh" and "nearly 8 000 TWh"
Category: AI infrastructure power · Data-center electricity demand
Object: global_data_centers
Measure: Data-center electricity use (dc_electricity_use_twh)
Family: demand_estimate · load
Geography: World
For year: 2030
Organization: IEA 4E TCP, EDNA (authors George Kamiya and Vlad C. Coroamă)
Claim type: Estimate
Method: Transcribed by hand from the document (Executive Summary, PDF page 6). Raw sha256 0f80fd2fd0ec. 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: IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Efficient End-use Equipment (4E), EDNA, Data Centre Energy Use: Critical Review of Models and Results
Intergovernmental agency · retrieved 14 Sep 2026
https://www.iea-4e.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Data-Centre-Energy-Use-Critical-Review-of-Models-and-Results.pdf
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Re-check after: 7 Apr 2027 (730 days after the as-of date)
Notes: A summary of other publications' projections, not the review's own estimate. Both bounds are approximate as stated.
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IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Efficient End-use Equipment (4E), EDNA. (2025). Data Centre Energy Use: Critical Review of Models and Results [Data-center electricity use, None, for 2030: 200–8,000 TWh, as of 2025-04-07]. Retrieved 2026-09-14, from https://www.iea-4e.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Data-Centre-Energy-Use-Critical-Review-of-Models-and-Results.pdf. Recorded in TechCarta, CARTA-DEMAND-WORLD-GLOBAL_LIT_TWH_2030-2025-04-07-001. https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-DEMAND-WORLD-GLOBAL_LIT_TWH_2030-2025-04-07-001/

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@misc{carta_demand_world_global_lit_twh_2030_2025_04_07_001,
  author = {{IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Efficient End-use Equipment (4E), EDNA}},
  title = {Data Centre Energy Use: Critical Review of Models and Results: Data-center electricity use, None, for 2030, 200–8,000 TWh (as of 2025-04-07)},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.iea-4e.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Data-Centre-Energy-Use-Critical-Review-of-Models-and-Results.pdf}},
  note = {TechCarta Carta CARTA-DEMAND-WORLD-GLOBAL_LIT_TWH_2030-2025-04-07-001; source retrieved 2026-09-14},
  url = {https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-DEMAND-WORLD-GLOBAL_LIT_TWH_2030-2025-04-07-001/}
}

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