Data centers consumed 25.6 percent of Virginia's total electricity in 2023, by far the highest share of any US state, according to Electric Power Research Institute data mapped by Visual Capitalist. Nebraska followed at 11.7 percent, with Iowa and Oregon at 11.4 percent each and Wyoming at 11.3 percent.

Georgia ranks among the most exposed Southeastern states, with data centers consuming 4.3 percent of state electricity in 2023, ahead of Texas at 4.6 percent nationally scaled markets and well above Florida at 0.6 percent and North Carolina at 1.9 percent. EPRI's analysis found that just 15 states account for 80 percent of national data center load, a list that includes Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Oregon, Arizona, Iowa, Georgia, Washington, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Nevada.

Northern Virginia remains the global epicenter, with nearly 300 facilities concentrated in Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties, and an estimated 70 percent of global internet traffic passing through the region. Dominion Energy reported that 24 percent of its 2023 electricity sales went to data centers, and EPRI projects the industry's share of total US electricity consumption could reach between 4.6 and 9.1 percent by 2030 depending on growth scenarios.

Source: Visual Capitalist - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-data-center-electricity-consumption-by-state/