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  "dataset": "datacentre-electricity",
  "title": "Datacentre electricity: IEA projections and regional shares",
  "index": "Environmental Disclosure Index",
  "url": "https://aisafetytracker.org/environment/",
  "citation": "AI Safety Tracker, \"Environmental Disclosure Index\". https://aisafetytracker.org/environment/. Retrieved 24 October 2026.",
  "licences": [
    {
      "source": "environmental-disclosure-index",
      "name": "Environmental Disclosure Index",
      "publisher": "This site",
      "licence": "MIT",
      "licence_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT",
      "attribution": "AI Safety Tracker, \"Environmental Disclosure Index\". Licensed MIT."
    }
  ],
  "generated": "2026-10-23T23:00:40+00:00",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-24T00:00:00+00:00",
  "unit": "TWh",
  "notes": "Our own reading of the IEA's Energy and AI and Key Questions on Energy and AI, reviewed 2026-10-24. Projections to 2035 and regional shares of 2024 use, only where the IEA states the figure. None is this site's forecast.",
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      "measure": "Electricity, all datacentres",
      "scope": "World",
      "year": 2030,
      "scenario": "Base Case",
      "value": 945,
      "low": null,
      "high": null,
      "unit": "TWh",
      "definition": null,
      "statement": "Around 945 TWh in 2030, more than double 2024. Key Questions on Energy and AI (April 2026) restates it as around 950 TWh.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Energy and AI (April 2025), executive summary, p.14 as numbered in the report",
      "url": "https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/dd7c2387-2f60-4b60-8c5f-6563b6aa1e4c/EnergyandAI.pdf",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-24",
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    },
    {
      "measure": "Electricity, all datacentres",
      "scope": "World",
      "year": 2035,
      "scenario": "Base Case",
      "value": 1200,
      "low": null,
      "high": null,
      "unit": "TWh",
      "definition": null,
      "statement": "Around 1,200 TWh in 2035.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Energy and AI (April 2025), executive summary, p.14 as numbered in the report",
      "url": "https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/dd7c2387-2f60-4b60-8c5f-6563b6aa1e4c/EnergyandAI.pdf",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
    },
    {
      "measure": "Electricity, all datacentres",
      "scope": "World",
      "year": 2035,
      "scenario": "All four cases",
      "value": null,
      "low": 700,
      "high": 1700,
      "unit": "TWh",
      "definition": null,
      "statement": "Roughly 700 to 1,700 TWh in 2035, the range across the report's Base, Lift-Off, High Efficiency and Headwinds cases. The report's text does not label which case sets which end.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Energy and AI (April 2025), executive summary, p.15 as numbered in the report",
      "url": "https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/dd7c2387-2f60-4b60-8c5f-6563b6aa1e4c/EnergyandAI.pdf",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-24",
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    {
      "measure": "Electricity, AI-focused datacentres",
      "scope": "World",
      "year": 2030,
      "scenario": "Base Case",
      "value": 465,
      "low": null,
      "high": null,
      "unit": "TWh",
      "definition": "Datacentres with large numbers of servers equipped with specialised accelerators designed for training and running AI models.",
      "statement": "Around 465 TWh in 2030, more than three times the 2025 level. The 2025 level is not stated in TWh.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Key Questions on Energy and AI (April 2026), p.26",
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      "reviewed": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
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      "measure": "Share of world datacentre electricity",
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      "high": null,
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      "statement": "45% of world datacentre electricity in 2024, the largest share.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Energy and AI (April 2025), executive summary, p.14 as numbered in the report",
      "url": "https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/dd7c2387-2f60-4b60-8c5f-6563b6aa1e4c/EnergyandAI.pdf",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
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      "measure": "Share of world datacentre electricity",
      "scope": "China",
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      "value": 25,
      "low": null,
      "high": null,
      "unit": "%",
      "definition": null,
      "statement": "25% of world datacentre electricity in 2024.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Energy and AI (April 2025), executive summary, p.14 as numbered in the report",
      "url": "https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/dd7c2387-2f60-4b60-8c5f-6563b6aa1e4c/EnergyandAI.pdf",
      "reviewed": "2026-10-24",
      "source_id": "environmental-disclosure-index"
    },
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      "measure": "Share of world datacentre electricity",
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      "high": null,
      "unit": "%",
      "definition": null,
      "statement": "15% of world datacentre electricity in 2024.",
      "publisher": "International Energy Agency",
      "document": "Energy and AI (April 2025), executive summary, p.14 as numbered in the report",
      "url": "https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/dd7c2387-2f60-4b60-8c5f-6563b6aa1e4c/EnergyandAI.pdf",
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