Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The Energy Act of 2020 calls for the U.S. Department of Energy to make available to the public an update to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s prior study entitled United States Data Center Energy Usage Report (2016). This report, designed to meet that Congressional request, estimates historical data center electricity consumption back to 2014, relying on previous studies and historical shipment data. This report also provides a scenario range of future demand out to 2028 based on new trends and the most recent available data. Figure ES-1 (below) provides an estimate of total U.S. data center electricity use including servers, storage, network equipment, and infrastructure from 2014 through 2028.