AWS, Google, and Meta Plan to Invest Heavily in Building Data Centers

According to Reuters, in order to support the growing demand for artificial intelligence projects, AWS plans to spend $10 billion to build two data center complexes in Mississippi. The data center located in Madison County is expected to create approximately 1000 jobs in Mississippi.
According to Tech Radar data, AWS has invested $108 billion in infrastructure construction in the United States, and before announcing this news, Amazon had already invested $2.3 billion in Mississippi.
AWS recently announced plans to invest over $15 billion in data centers in Japan.

According to Reuters earlier this month, Google will invest $1 billion to build a 33 acre data center in the outskirts of London.
According to Network World, Meta plans to spend $800 million to establish a data center in Indiana that focuses on supporting generative artificial intelligence workloads. This 700000 square foot data center is expected to be completed by 2026 and will use liquid cooling technology directly on chips. The data center is expected to be 100% supported by renewable energy and achieve LEED gold certification. According to Indiana Business, this will be Meta’s 22nd data center globally and its 18th in the United States.
By 2026, the electricity consumption of data centers, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrencies will double
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that by 2026, the electricity consumption of data centers, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency industries may double. According to a report by the IEA, data centers used approximately 460 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2022 and may consume over 1000 TWh by 2026.
The US Department of Energy stated, “Data centers are one of the most energy intensive building types, consuming 10 to 50 times more energy per floor area than typical commercial office buildings.”
Dr. Moises Levy, Senior Chief Analyst at Omdia, told Light Reading in 2023 that data center energy consumption has remained relatively stable in the past few years, hovering around 1% to 1.5%, almost on par with global energy consumption.
The IEA stated that updated regulations and technological improvements, including efficiency improvements, are crucial for mitigating the surge in energy consumption in data centers. On the optimistic side, low emission sources of electricity such as renewable energy, solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, and nuclear energy are expected to account for about half of global electricity generation by 2026. In 2023, this proportion is less than 40%.
According to Bloomberg, there are a total of 8000 data centers worldwide, with approximately 33% located in the United States, 16% in Europe, and nearly 10% in China.