Power Used (TWh)
Total electricity consumed by data centers in each state per year. Virginia leads at 24 TWh, followed by Texas (17) and Illinois (12).
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U.S. Data Center
Power Consumption Map
How much electricity do America's data centers actually use? Explore every state's consumption, see where the AI building boom is headed, and find out what it means for electricity rates.
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Annual Consumption
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Announced Investment
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Data Centers
TWh / Year
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Facility Count
Number of data center facilities in each state. Virginia leads with 665, followed by Texas (413) and California (321).
City Heatmap
City-level power usage as a heat gradient. Reveals that Ashburn, VA alone uses more electricity than most entire states.
How Much Is a Terawatt-Hour?
1 TWh is one trillion watt-hours of electricity — here's what that looks like.
85,000
homes powered for a year
3.3 billion
miles of EV driving
100 million
LED bulbs running 24/7 for a year
~1 small city
like Boise or Richmond's total usage
U.S. data centers use 176 TWh per year — enough to power 15 million homes.
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Top 10 States
Ranked by electricity consumption. Virginia's "Data Center Alley" alone uses more power than many countries.
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Compare States
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All States Data
Complete breakdown of every state. Click column headers to sort. Click a row to see details.
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Upcoming Major Projects
The AI boom is driving unprecedented data center construction. Here are the biggest projects announced or underway.
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Growth Over Time
U.S. data center electricity demand has tripled in the past decade — and is projected to double again by 2028.
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL-2001637, Dec 2024)
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Impact on Electricity Rates
Data center growth is reshaping electricity markets across the country.
In Virginia, data centers now consume 1 in 5 kilowatt-hours sold by the state's largest utility. That kind of demand strains the grid — and when utilities build new infrastructure to keep up, everyone's rates go up.
But in power-rich areas like West Texas and Indiana, the opposite happens. More large customers sharing fixed grid costs can lower rates for residents. Amazon's Indiana project alone is expected to save local households $1 billion over 15 years.
1 in 5
kilowatt-hours in Virginia go to data centers
3x
more power used by data centers than 10 years ago
$1B
in savings expected for Indiana residents over 15 years
4.4%
of all U.S. electricity is used by data centers
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Water Consumption
Data centers don't just use electricity — they consume massive amounts of water for cooling.
How Much Water?
A typical 100 MW data center uses roughly the same amount of water as 2,600 households — about 300,000 gallons per day for cooling alone.
Google reported using 6.1 billion gallons of water across its data centers in 2023. Microsoft used 7.8 billion gallons. As AI workloads intensify, per-server heat output is climbing from 10-14 kW to 100+ kW per rack, driving water use even higher.
This has sparked conflicts in water-scarce regions. The Dalles, Oregon — home to a major Google campus — has pushed back on expansion plans due to limited water supply.
Daily Water Use
One data center uses as much water as 2,600 households every day.
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Frequently Asked Questions
About This Data
Electricity consumption and facility data sourced from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report (LBNL-2001637, U.S. Department of Energy, December 2024) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration's commercial electricity data (2023-24) and January 2026 demand forecast. National total of 176 TWh (4.4% of U.S. electricity) per LBNL and the Congressional Research Service (R48646, August 2025). Upcoming projects sourced from verified company press releases and governor announcements. Last updated: February 2026.