ElectricChoice · Energy Analysis Team · Updated July 2026

U.S. Data Center Power Consumption, mapped by state

America's 4,500+ data centers draw roughly 176 TWh a year — about 4.4% of all U.S. electricity. Virginia alone accounts for one in seven of those kilowatt-hours.

4,551

Active facilities

176TWh

Electricity / year

4.4%

Share of U.S. grid

700+

Under construction

The full ledger

All 50 states, ranked. Sort any column; search to filter.

#	State	Data Centers	Annual Power (TWh)	Per DC (GWh)	Primary Power Sources	Renewable Share

FACILITY COUNTS: Data Center Map (4,551 U.S. facilities, accessed Feb 2026), cross-checked against Visual Capitalist (2025) and Pew Research Center (Apr 2026). POWER: National total of 176 TWh (4.4% of U.S. electricity) from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL-2001637, Dec 2024). State-level power, per-facility intensity, fuel mix, and renewable share are ElectricChoice estimates allocated by facility count and regional grid profile — treat them as directional, not metered.