Data Centre Demand Calculator
Estimate the annual electricity demand, water demand and household-equivalent consumption of a data centre from its rack count and server density.
Important: These tools provide educational estimates only. Actual AI electricity use varies by model, data centre, cooling system, hardware, location and workload. Do not use these results as official energy, planning, investment or engineering advice.
Facility
Plain English summary
This facility could consume about 184 GWh per year — equivalent to 68,133.3 UK homes — and around 331.1 megalitres of cooling water if evaporatively cooled.
How This Calculator Works
IT load = racks × per-rack power × utilisation. Facility load = IT load × PUE (1.4). Annual electricity = facility load × 24 × 365. Water uses ≈1.8 litres per kWh for evaporative cooling.
What The Result Means
The figures size the facility's draw on the grid and water network, and translate it into homes-equivalent terms for context.
Limitations
Cooling method changes the water/electricity trade-off significantly; treat results as directional.
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