Data centers are the foundation of our digital economy and society. Relative to other industries, the datacenter industry has a very small footprint. This is remarkable, considering our daily reliance on online services. Below are the most important figures about the sector.
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In 2021, 3.7 TWh of electricity was supplied to data centers, accounting for 3.3% of total electricity consumption in the Netherlands. However, when compared to total energy consumption (3,024 PJ), data centers only used 13.32 PJ, which translates to just 0.44% of the total energy consumption.
The data center sector is a fully electrified industrial sector with minimal direct greenhouse gas emissions.
The total water consumption of the Information & Communication sector, which includes data centers, is 1.0 million m³, accounting for 0.083% of total tap water usage.
The built-up area of data centers in the Netherlands is 239 hectares, which accounts for 0.3% of the total area of Dutch industrial sites.
Nearly all businesses are online daily: 90% of companies with 250+ employees use paid cloud services.
In 2023, 99% of all energy purchased by colocation data centers came from sustainable sources.
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