Growth in data center energy consumption from major companies — including Facebook and Google — has actually slowed, thanks to commitments to energy efficiency initiatives by several organizations.
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, data centers in the US consumed around 70 billion kWhs in 2014, accounting for nearly 2% of the country’s total energy consumption. And the International Data Corporation estimates the amount of information stored in data centers will increase 40% each year over the next decade.
