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Data Centers Drove Half of U.S. Power Demand Growth in 2025, IEA Says
The IEA said rapid data center buildout drove 50% of U.S. electricity demand growth as local backlash and regulatory scrutiny intensified.
- The International Energy Agency reported on Monday that electricity demand in the United States grew 2% in 2025, with data centers driving half of this growth and cementing the country as the epicenter of AI-driven construction.
- Tech giants in the United States invested more than $47 billion last year in AI-driven infrastructure, reflecting a global construction frenzy that drove significant electricity demand growth worldwide.
- A Pew survey last month found Americans are increasingly concerned about environmental costs and energy usage of these facilities, with many households connecting data center expansion to rising electricity bills.
- Congress is proposing national regulatory tightening, while Maine approved a statewide moratorium on new data centers last week, reflecting bipartisan concerns over grid capacity and affordability.
- Frustrations over data centers could influence midterm elections later this year as the industry struggles to reconcile ambitious energy needs with a public mood that has soured on AI-driven infrastructure.
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Data Centers Drove Half of U.S. Power Demand Growth in 2025, IEA Says
The world's electricity demand rose by 3% in 2025, with growth nearly triple compared to the 1.3% increase in total energy consumption, as data centers and electric vehicles continued to push power use higher, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday. Overall global energy demand growth slowed to 1.3% in 2025, slightly below the previous decade's average of 1.4% and significantly lower than in 2024, as global economic growth slowed a…
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US Data Centers Now Consume 7% of Total National Power Demand as AI Buildout Rewires the Grid
US data centers now account for roughly 7% of the country’s total electricity demand — a milestone the International Energy Agency confirmed in its Global Energy Review published on Monday, which found data center electricity demand grew 17% in 2025 alone. The figure marks a sharp climb from 4.4% in 2023, when the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory last published a comprehensive count. The IEA had projected that US data…
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