Responding to a 2024 survey, data center owners and operators reported an average annual power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratio of 1.56 at their largest data center. PUE is calculated by dividing the total power supplied to a facility by the power used to run IT equipment within the facility. A lower figure therefore indicates greater efficiency, as a smaller share of total power is being used to run secondary functions such as cooling.
Data center average annual Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) worldwide from 2007 to 2024
The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "What is the average annual PUE for the largest data center your organization owns/operates?"Â
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Uptime Institute. (July 1, 2024). Data center average annual Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) worldwide from 2007 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229367/data-center-average-annual-pue-worldwide/
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