Data Centers currently use 4.4% of the Total US electricity, which may grow as high as 12% by 2030. 

Data Centers generally are fed off the main power grid for baseline power, with generation mix commensurate to the local area. With more generation needed, the companies behind data centers are now keeping existing generation online and adding new generation, like wind, solar, and advancing nuclear.  

Technology and data center companies have become the driving force behind the global corporate transition to renewable energy. Their growing electricity demand has made them the largest perpetuators of clean power worldwide.

Through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) and direct investments in solar, wind, and battery storage projects, companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Meta have collectively added dozens of gigawatts of new renewable capacity to power grids across the U.S. and internationally. This corporate demand has accelerated renewable project financing, lowered costs, and pushed utilities and developers to expand clean energy portfolios faster than policy and individual adaptation alone could have achieved.

The overall effect has been transformative: tech companies have shifted renewable energy from a niche initiative to a mainstream, market-driven industry standard.

For context, the main US carbon-free energy goals are to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2035.
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Data Centers and Their Energy Consumption: Congressional Research Service