Multiple outlets report that US data centers are on track to sharply increase their share of national electricity consumption by 2035. According to BloombergNEF analysis cited by Bloomberg and Financial Post, data centers are expected to consume roughly 20% of the United States’ electricity by 2035. This would represent a substantial rise from their current level of about 5.9% of total electricity use today. The reporting frames the projection as part of a broader trend of growing demand driven by data processing and computing needs, which increase the power required for servers, storage, and supporting infrastructure such as cooling. The sources do not provide additional regional or technology-specific breakdowns in the excerpts provided, but both draw on the same BloombergNEF forecast and agree on the start and end figures. Overall, the articles present a consistent outlook: data centers’ electricity footprint is projected to more than triple its share of US power demand over the next decade and a half.