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data centres: how much, per second and per year

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electricity used, kilowatt-hours
415 billion
a year
13,151
a second
1.1 billion
a day
water evaporated to cool them
?

no ledger. most companies do not report it. one us estimate: seventeen billion gallons a year, in one country, direct use only.

method IEA 2025 Energy and AI: 415 TWh in 2024, ~945 TWh projected 2030; water from LBNL 2024 US report.

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