Datacenter Growth May Run Into a Power Wall by 2030
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Datacenter growth may run into a power wall by 2030
Energy consumed by datacenters is set to grow 26 percent this year thanks to AI, and grid supply may be unable to keep pace with demand by 2030, Gartner warns. The research giant expects global datacenter electricity consumption to reach 565 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2026, as power demand rises from 104 GW in 2025 to 132 GW this year. This is higher than the 500 TWh per year Gartner estimated two years ago that AI-optimized servers would consume b…
Gartner Says Data Centre Electricity Demand to Grow 27% in 2026
11 June 2026 — Worldwide data centre power demand is expected to rise 27% in 2026 and reach 132 gigawatts (GW), up from 104GW in 2025, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. It is estimated to attain 290GW by 2030, which reflects the unprecedented scale and pace of GenAI boosting demand."Surging demand for compute-intensive AI workloads is driving unprecedented data centre power growth, while AI capacity is now c…
Gartner forecasts 26% surge in data centre energy use
Global electricity consumption by data centres is expected to increase by 26 per cent in 2026, driven largely by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence workloads, according to new research […] The post Gartner forecasts 26% surge in data centre energy use appeared first on Express Computer.
According to Gartner, it is expected to reach 565 TWh worldwide in 2026, compared to 447 TWh in 2025, an increase of 26% in one year. According to Gartner, this increase is attributed to the increase in the workloads of the IA, [...] The post Gartner forecasts a 26% jump in the electricity consumption of the datacenters in 2026 appeared first on ChannelNews.
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