China's National Energy Administration said at a press briefing that electricity consumption for computing capacity is expected to increase by more than 100 billion kWh per year during the 15th Five-Year Plan. It projects compute-related power demand will reach 800 billion kWh by 2030, about 6% of national electricity consumption.

2026-10-30

China's National Energy Administration said at a press briefing that electricity consumption for computing capacity is expected to increase by more than 100 billion kWh per year during the 15th Five-Year Plan. It projects compute-related power demand will reach 800 billion kWh by 2030, about 6% of national electricity consumption.