Energy Consumption of Data Centers and AI Examined

Our World in Data provides a detailed analysis of the electricity used by data centers. It also examines the growing power demand of artificial intelligence workloads. The data set compares global energy consumption trends over recent years. Findings show that data centers account for a significant share of total electricity use. AI training and inference add an increasingly large portion to that total. The analysis breaks down consumption by region and technology type. It discusses potential efficiency improvements and renewable energy adoption. The report offers visualizations to help readers understand the scale of usage.