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How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use?

Our World in Data · published 20 July 2026

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wilreynolds.com

I flew about 70,059 mi last year. Who am I to talk about AI’s impact on the environment? Read at the source ↗

19 Aug 2026

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https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w32966/w32966.pdf

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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix?tab=line&country=~DEU&mapSelect=~DEU&source=total&metric=generation&frequency=annual

ourworldindata.org

https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review

energyinst.org

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dcmec/datacentresmeteredelectricityconsumption2023/keyfindings/

cso.ie

https://qz.com/us-states-data-centers-electricity-use-share-ai-tech-1851708857

qz.com

https://powering-intelligence.epri.com/executive-summary.html

powering-intelligence.epri.com

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/measuring-the-environmental-impact-of-ai-inference/

cloud.google.com

The Gentle Singularity Read at the source ↗

blog.samaltman.com

https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/how-much-energy-does-chatgpt-use

epoch.ai

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix?tab=line&country=OWID_EU27~USA&mapSelect=~OWID_EU27&source=total&metric=per_capita&frequency=annual

ourworldindata.org

https://hannahritchie.substack.com/i/196507057/how-have-the-ieas-projections-changed

hannahritchie.substack.com

https://epoch.ai/data-insights/grok-4-training-resources

epoch.ai

https://www.iea.org/reports/key-questions-on-energy-and-ai

iea.org

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix?tab=line&source=total&metric=generation&frequency=annual

ourworldindata.org

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-mix?metric=total&source=total&country=~OWID_WRL&tab=line

ourworldindata.org

https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/3179f7f8-01f6-4dd6-bffa-c9f7b73f1dc9/KeyQuestionsonEnergyandAI.pdf

iea.blob.core.windows.net

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-mix?tab=line&country=~OWID_EU27&mapSelect=~OWID_EU27&source=total&metric=per_capita&frequency=annual

ourworldindata.org

https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons

hannahritchie.github.io