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Google consumed 37 percent more electricity in 2025 than the year prior—the steepest single-year increase the company has ever recorded—as the buildout of artificial intelligence data centers pushed power demand to levels the grid's decarbonization rate cannot yet match.
The figure, disclosed in Google's latest sustainability report, extends a multi-year acceleration: the company's total electricity consumption has risen more than 250 percent since 2019, with a 27 percent rise already logged in 2024.
A Record Climb Rooted in AI Infrastructure The 37 percent year-over-year jump is not a one-off.
Google attributed the sustained increase to expansion across Google Cloud, YouTube video streaming, and the data centers built to support its AI products and services.
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