Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years

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Google's energy footprint is growing tremendously, highlighting the enormous challenges associated with cloud and artificial intelligence growth. According to its latest sustainability report, the company sees the consumption of its data centers more than double in four years. This spectacular leap illustrates the growing dependence of the digital ecosystem on the infrastructure of the ... Read more The article The energy consumption of Google's…

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The use of energy by Google's data centers has reached figures never seen before. In its latest sustainability report, published at the end of June, the company revealed that in 2024 its data centers consumed 30.8 million megawatt-hours, more than twice as much as in 2020, when they used 14.4 million. This jump poses a growing challenge: maintaining efficiency and meeting sustainability goals while fueling an increasingly demanding infrastructur…

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The electricity consumption of Google's data centres doubles in four years, reaching 30.8 million MWh in 2024, and it remains difficult to achieve a carbon-free power supply 24 hours a day and 7 days a weekIn just four years, the electricity consumption of Google's data centres more than doubled. The company's latest environmental report 2025 revealed that in 2024, its data centres consumed nearly 31 million (or 30.8 million to be exact) megawat…