Data centers accounted for approximately 4.4% of total U.S. electricity consumption in 2023. DOE, citing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory research, reports that data centers could consume approximately 6.7% to 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028.
SCHINEX Perspective:
Data center development is increasingly an electrical-infrastructure challenge as well as a technology and real-estate challenge. Large, concentrated, mission-critical loads create requirements across utility interconnection, substations, transformers, switchgear, backup power, protection and control, power quality, and supporting grid infrastructure.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
DOE – Electricity Demand Growth Resource Hub
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