US hosts 43% of global datacenter power use; China just 13%, report finds
TMWNN · reddit · 2026-09-12
An IDCA report cited by Computer Weekly shows the US accounts for 43% of global datacenter power usage versus China's 13%.
- 6% of US electricity goes to datacenters, compared with 0.8% in China
- By share, Singapore (19.5%), Hong Kong (6%) and 7 European countries devote more of their electricity to datacenters than the US
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