Senior executives from data centers owning/operating organizations
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
N=77 executives globally from data centers owning/operating organizations that are already hosting AI workloads; N=140 executives globally from data centers owning/operating organizations that are currently hosting or planning to host AI workloads in the next 12 months.
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Data center electricity consumption worldwide 2026, by workload
A survey conducted in January 2026 found that AI workloads accounted for ** percent of total data center electricity consumption. This share is expected to increase to ** percent over the next three to five years, driven by growth in AI inferencing from ** percent to ** percent and AI training from ** percent to ** percent.
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