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Data center server energy use grows across the commercial building stock
In the Annual Energy Outlook 2026 (AEO2026), our long-term outlook, we project electricity consumed by data center servers will increase across the commercial building stock, increasing more in standalone data centers than in all other d…
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The energy consumption of data center servers is projected to increase across commercial buildings, with standalone data centers driving this growth. This trend is expected to continue, with server energy use reaching between 446 billion and 818 billion kilowatthours by 2050. The higher end of this range is associated with faster growth in server power draw and installed stock. The projected increase in server energy use is significant, with standalone data centers accounting for a substantial portion of this growth.
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