Power consumption of datacenters to grow twofold over six years, Novak says

TASS · 🇺🇸 public United States · Jun 01, 2026 · 260 words

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What to know about Power consumption of datacenters to grow twofold over six years, Novak says

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak discusses the projected growth of datacenter power consumption, suggesting it could double by 2030. He emphasizes that energy infrastructure will be a critical factor in global high-tech competitiveness and warns of potential grid overloads without proper regulation.

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What happened

Datacenters may double their power consumption over the next six years and their share in global energy consumption may reach the level of such major sectors as metallurgy and agriculture, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in his article for…

Why it matters

"The stable operation of AI systems and the datacenters that support them requires significant high-performance computing power, meaning enormous energy costs.

Common ground

That is why the development of artificial intelligence already today depends not only on computing power, but to a greater extent on the capabilities of energy systems," he wrote.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Power consumption of datacenters to grow twofold over six years, Novak says?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that the annual growth rate of approximately 15%?
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the annual growth rate of approximately 15%”

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The search results for this claim only provide dictionary definitions of the word 'annual' and do not provide data on the growth rate of datacenter capacity.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of ANNUAL is covering the period of a year. How to use annual in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual

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web search NEUTRAL — ANNUAL definition: 1. happening once every year: 2. relating to a period of one year: 3. a book or magazine…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/annual

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web search NEUTRAL — ANNUAL definition: of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly. See examples of annual used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/annual

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Claim 2: “their share of global energy consumption will increase from 1.5% in 2024 to 3%”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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Claim 3: “Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in his article for the Energy Policy magazine”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

Wikipedia confirms Alexander Novak is the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, and a web search result explicitly mentions him writing an article for the Energy Policy magazine.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starting in August 2025, increased Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries during the Russo-Ukrainian War caused widespread damage and a significant decrease in production of refined product…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russian_fuel_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexander Valentinovich Novak (Russian: Александр Валентинович Новак; born 23 August 1971 in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine SSR) is a Russian politician who is a current deputy prime minister of Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Novak

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Заместитель председателя Правительства Российской Федерации, romanized: Zamestitel predsedatelya Pravitelstva Rossiyskoy Federat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Chairman_of_the_Governm…

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Claim 4: “Datacenters may double their power consumption over the next six years”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that data center power demand is projected to double or almost double by 2030, citing sources like 451 Research.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An AI data center is a specialized data center facility designed for the computationally intensive tasks of training and running inference for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning models.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_data_center

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Compass Datacenters LLC Is an American multinational data center company. It is a significant player in the hyperscale computing space, with approximately 17 active datacenter campuses in the US, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_Datacenters

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Data centers are critical infrastructure for the storage and proce…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center

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Claim 5: “According to the Datacenters Association, there are currently about 11,800 datacenters functioning worldwide”

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The provided evidence does not contain any mention of a 'Datacenters Association' or the specific figure of 11,800 datacenters.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeffrey Adgate Dean (born July 23, 1968) is an American computer scientist and software engineer. Since 2018, he has been the lead of Google AI. He was appointed Google's chief scientist in 2023 after…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Dean

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) ANSI/TIA-942-C Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for data centers is an American National Standard (ANS) that specifies the minimum requireme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIA-942

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Claim 6: “their share in global energy consumption may reach the level of such major sectors as metallurgy and agriculture”

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The specific comparison to metallurgy and agriculture sectors is found in one web search result attributing the statement to Novak, but is not corroborated by other independent sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 1, 2023 · The global electricity demand reached nearly 26,500 TWh in 2019, with industry accounting for about 44% of total electricity demand, followed by ...
https://www.globalefficiencyintel.com/s/Global-Industrial-El…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · ... power consumption over the next six years and their share in global energy consumption may reach the level of such major sectors as metallurgy ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/snowleopardfinancial_business…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 · According to Goldman Sachs Research, global data center power demand is projected to rise by as much as 165% by 2030, compared to 2023 levels.
https://www.facebook.com/NESFircroft/posts/as-ai-accelerates…

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Claim 7: “By 2030, the average power consumption of datacenters could rise to 110 GW”

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The claim states 'average power consumption of datacenters could rise to 110 GW', but the evidence from 451 Research specifies that the 'average data center utility power for NEW BUILD is forecast to rise to almost 110 MW'. There is a significant difference between 110 GW (total/average) and 110 MW (per new build).

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web search NEUTRAL — Nov 5, 2025 · Average data center utility power for new build is forecast to rise to almost 110 MW by 2030, from almost 47 MW in 2025, according to 451 ...
https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news…

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web search NEUTRAL — By 2026, the energy consumption of data centre is projected to double to around 1000 TWh compared with 2022. •. Data Centres support the transition to net zero ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248472…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · By 2030, AI infrastructure is projected to consume 945 terawatt-hours of electricity—roughly triple the current annual power use of countries ...
https://www.facebook.com/WorldHerald/posts/data-centers-to-p…

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Claim 8: “The total connected capacity of all datacenters is 62 GW”

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No evidence in the provided search results confirms the total connected capacity of all datacenters as 62 GW.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A battery energy storage system (BESS), battery storage power station, battery energy grid storage (BEGS) or battery grid storage is a type of energy storage technology that uses a group of batteries …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of states and territories of India by installed power generation capacity. This is measured in megawatts (MW), one of which is equal to one million watts of electric power. As of 31 Mar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_India_by_installed_p…

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Claim 9: “roughly a half of them located in the United States”

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The evidence provided does not contain data regarding the percentage of global datacenters located in the United States.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and minor islands. Bot…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
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