“Datacenters’ share of US grid capacity was circa five percent in 2025, up from 0.1 percent in 2000 – a 50-fold increase.”
Datacenter demand is growing ten times faster than the grid. Howden says they’ll need up to 58 percent of their power off-grid by 2030. That’s 110 gigawatts behind the meter. Private power plants bolted to server farms, and the five percent they already take from the grid isn’t coming back.