US has 43% of world datacenter power usage; China 13%. 6% of US and 0.8% of China electricity go to datacenters; Singapore (19.5%), Hong Kong (6%), and 7 European countries devote more of their electricity to datacenters than US.
Summary
This article reports statistics on global datacenter power usage, highlighting that the US accounts for 43% of the world's total, with varying percentages of electricity consumption dedicated to datacenters across different countries.
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