After years of efficiency improvements and the shift to cloud keeping data center power usage relatively stable, the industry is set to see its consumption soar.

A Congressionally-mandated Department of Energy (DOE) report on the power consumption of data centers in the US found that they use about 4.4 percent of the nation's power in 2023.

That could increase to as much as 12 percent of US power by 2028, while low-end projections put it at 6.7 percent.

Electricity consumption of US data centers is currently growing at an accelerating rate. The report found a compound annual growth rate of approximately seven percent from 2014 to 2018, increasing to 18 percent between 2018 and 2023, and then ranging from 13-27 percent between 2023 and 2028.

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