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Data centers consumed 4.4% of US power in 2023, could hit 12% by 2028
(www.datacenterdynamics.com)
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I would bet that hardware being way more efficient and corporate IT infrastructure being consolidated in data centers is much more energy efficient than the alternative. The fact that we are running much more layered and compute-intensive systems doesn't really change that.