How much power do AI data centers in the US draw?

15.3 GW

AI data centers in the United States draw 15.3 GW now, across the sites that Epoch AI tracks, and their owners’ plans take that to 43 GW.

Data checked 11 Oct 2026, from countries.csv.

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Jesse Hawkins, “How much power do AI data centers in the US draw?”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 11 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-ai-data-center-power/. Data: Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0, as this site publishes it in explorer/countries.csv; checked 11 Oct 2026.

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@misc{hawkins2026answersusaidatacenterpower,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{How much power do AI data centers in the US draw?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-ai-data-center-power/}},
  note = {Data: Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0, as this site publishes it in explorer/countries.csv; checked 11 Oct 2026, retrieved 2026-10-11}
}

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Jesse Hawkins, “How much power do AI data centers in the US draw?”, jesseahawkins.com, data checked 11 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-ai-data-center-power/

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