Data-centre electricity · AustraliaTWh a year
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Data-centre electricity use: 3.9 TWh in FY25 and about 12 TWh by FY30 across Australia (Oxford Economics for AEMO, Step Change), and 21.4 TWh by 2034–35 in the NEM (AEMO 2025 ESOO). Published 07 January 2026.