Energy demand data centers globally by type 2021| Statista

Traditional data centers globally have decreased their energy demand, from around 97.6 terawatt hours in 2015, to some 50 terawatt hours in 2019, and a forecast indicated that this figure will reach nearly 33 terawatt hours by 2021. On the other hand, hyperscale data centers have doubled their energy demand in the same period of time.

Energy demand in data centers worldwide from 2015 to 2021, by type (in terawatt hours)

Characteristic	Traditional	Cloud (non-hyperscale)	Hyperscale
2015	97.62	61.97	31.11
2016	83.72	70.33	41.21
2017	70.11	75.14	49.78
2018	60.55	76.27	60.87
2019	50.42	71.7	69.72
2020*	41	72.9	76.23
2021*	32.61	71.62	86.58

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2020

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2015 to 2019

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* Forecast.

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