Data centers use more power in the US than in any other country

According to Canary Media and the Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. data centers consumed more electricity than any other country in 2025—including China. The figure is striking: nearly forty percent of all global data center power demand was concentrated in American facilities. This surge reflects the nation's dominance in cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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