New Delhi, November 26 (IANS). Demand for power for data centers is expected to increase by 16 percent globally in 2025. At the same time, a double increase in demand can be seen by 2030. This information was given in a report on Wednesday. Gartner analysts estimate that global data center electricity consumption will increase from 448 terawatt hours in 2025 to 980 terawatt hours by 2030. Linglun Wang, research director at Gartner, said legacy servers and supporting infrastructure will contribute to overall data center electricity consumption. At the same time, rapidly growing AI-optimized servers are increasing the data center’s power consumption.” The share of AI-optimized servers in total center power consumption is estimated to increase to 21 percent in 2025 and to 44 percent by 2030. The report said that in 2030 they will represent 64 percent share of the increasing power demand for data centers than China’s data centers. two-thirds, with China in a better position due to more power-efficient servers and better infrastructure planning, with US data center electricity consumption projected to fall from 2.7 percent to 5 percent in 2030, the report said As green hydrogen and small modular reactors start to emerge, natural gas will be the main source of data center power in the next decade Rapid growth in battery storage systems is expected to balance the fluctuations –IANS SKT/ Share this story