Europe
Portugal
Portugal has one of the world’s largest AI campuses, drawing 40 MW today and computing with 32K H100-equivalents.
- AI campuses
- 40 MW
- 1 · 280 MW by 2030
- AI supercomputers
- None listed
AI campuses
Epoch AI · facility power| Site | Owner | Today | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start Campus Sines Data Campus | Nscale | 40 MW | 280 MW |
Wind made 30% of the power in Portugal
share of generation · Ember · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026Portugal World
- Gas 18% against 21% for World
- Coal 0% against 33% for World
- Other fossil 1% against 3% for World
- Nuclear 0% against 9% for World
- Wind 30% against 9% for World
- Solar 22% against 10% for World
- Hydro 24% against 14% for World
- Bio & other 6% against 2% for World
Fossil 18% (+1 pt on a year earlier) · nuclear 0% · renewables 82% · 126 g CO2e per kWh, life cycle · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. Generation only, without imports. Every country in the registry, side by side.
Data-centre electricity
International Energy AgencyEurope, as the IEA defines it
- 2024 estimated 70 TWh · slightly less than 2% IEA 2025, p. 58
Data centres account for slightly less than 2% of Europe’s electricity consumption, a share that is higher than China’s (1.1%). However, in absolute terms, Europe’s consumption is lower, at an estimated 70 TWh in 2024.
- Change, 2024 to 2030 more than +45 TWh IEA 2025, p. 64
Consumption increases by around 240 TWh (up 130%) in the United States, compared to the 2024 level (Figure 2.12). In China it increases by around 175 TWh (up 170%). In Europe it grows by more than 45 TWh (up 70%). Japan increases by around 15 TWh (up 80%).
- 2030, base case around 115 TWh IEA 2026, p. 64
This is comparable to the projected future demand from data centres in Europe, which is projected to grow to around 115 TWh, accounting for approximately 12% of global demand.
Sources
Every dataset → Status → Glossary →- Ember, Monthly Electricity Data and Yearly Electricity Data, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 11 Oct 2026. Shares and intensity computed here.
- Epoch AI, AI data centers, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026.
- International Energy Agency, Energy and AI (2025); Key Questions on Energy and AI (2026); Energy and AI in East Asia (2026), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 11 Oct 2026.