systems around the world, as well as to align policies and regulations accordingly. Recognising this, the IEA recently presented a set of scenarios for electricity consumption by data centres, based on a bottom-up methodology. This uses the stock, including accelerated servers, the overall installed capacity of data centres, and hardware efficiency improvements, such as advancements in cooling systems. In the Base Case, the global electricity consumption of data centres more than for data centres in 2030, which accounts for 11% of future global electricity consumption by data centres. This is comparable to the projected future demand from data centres in Europe, which is projected to grow to around 115 TWh, accounting for approximately 12% of global demand. East Asia by 2030 with regard to electricity consumption by data centres. China consumption by data centres as of 2024. In 2030, at around 280 TWh, China is projected to account for almost 30% of global consumption.