Data center china energy storage

In a recent insight, we wrote about China’s “power infrastructure” – which spans a national computing power network; data centre clusters; centres for the development/training of large language models; and abundant green energy integrated with massive energy storage facilities – as the critical enabler for AI-development.

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How much energy does a data center use in China?

By 2030, the energy consumption of data centers in China is expected to reach 4.115 × 10 11 kWh. The number of data center racks in China in the past 5 years has an average annual compound growth rate of more than 30 %. This number is expected to reach 1.212 × 10 7 in 2025 and 2.501 × 10 7 in 2030.

What is the situation of data centers in China?

Considering the complication and distinction, the whole situation of data centers in China is summarized and compared including the forecast for some period. Five indexes are adopted to show the precise status of national data centers, such as energy consumption, rack number, PUE, carbon emission and CUE. 2.1. Energy consumption of data centers

How much energy does a data center use?

The energy consumption of national data centers will reach 4.115 × 10 11 kWh by 2030 (China Electronics Standardization Institute, 2019), accounting for about 3.49 % of the energy consumption of the whole society (China Electronics Standardization Institute, 2019; Shu et al., 2021).

How big is China's data center rack size?

By the end of 2021, the rack size of in-use data centers in China has reached 5.200 × 10 6, with an average annual compound growth rate of over 30 % in the past 5 years (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, 2022).

How much electricity does a data centre use?

IEA’s models project that data centres will use 945 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2030, roughly equivalent to the current annual electricity consumption of Japan. By comparison, data centres consumed 415 TWh in 2024, roughly 1.5% of the world’s total electricity consumption (see ‘Global electricity growth’). Source: IEA. CC BY 4.0

Does China have a zero carbon data center?

Blue Book of the Zero Carbon China and Carbon Neutrality in Data Centers (The Investment Association of China, 2021) calculated the annual energy consumption of national data centers from 2019 to 2030, and the data center carbon neutrality rate and the corresponding accounting method were proposed.