# Data centers to 12% of US electricity by 2028; 44% of new grid load

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-06-27
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Beyond GPUs: How Decentralization Can Solve AI's Biggest Scaling Bottleneck \| Day 2 \| Crypto x AI (Blockworks)
- **Watch at:** 00:03:01 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgD4BzHEcu4&t=181s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-06-27-data-centers-to-12-of-us-electricity-by-2028-44-of-uj4n/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Data centers to 12% of US electricity by 2028; 44% of new grid load," Beyond GPUs: How Decentralization Can Solve AI's Biggest Scaling Bottleneck \| Day 2 \| Crypto x AI (Blockworks), 27 Jun 2025, 00:03:01. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgD4BzHEcu4&t=181s

## Quote — verbatim

> According to Department of Energy, by 2028, data centers could use as much as 12% of US electricity. That's more than every home in California combined. We're not just seeing growth, we're seeing a surge. Data centers now represent 44% of all projected new load on the grid.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Quantified forecasts following the 2023 baseline of 176 TWh (4.4% of national electricity).