Data centre electricity consumption in household electricity consumption equivalents, 2024

Last updated 31 Mar 2025

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The conventional data centre capacity considered is 25 MW. The hyperscale data centre capacity considered is 100 MW. The largest under-construction data centre capacity considered is around 2 000 MW. The largest planned data centre capacity considered is 5 000 MW.

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