Executives around the world face a daunting challenge: securing affordable, clean and reliable power for the large-scale data centers they are building to train and run the next generation of AI systems. These systems are poised to drive breakthroughs in drug discovery, enable critical infrastructure and transform industries from healthcare to finance.

Power has quickly become the bottleneck to realizing AI’s full potential. Data center demand is driving dramatic growth in electricity consumption. In Virginia, 25% of electricity already goes to data centers. By 2028, data centers are projected to account for 12% of nationwide electricity demand, up from approximately 4% in 2023. Some data center campuses will require more than a gigawatt of power, enough to supply over 800,000 average American homes. For developers, power availability is no longer a consideration; it is a strategic constraint and business-critical decision.

In this report, Bloom Energy provides an updated view of the evolving data center power landscape, following a more comprehensive 2025 Data Center Power Report released earlier this year. These insights are shaped by ongoing conversations with industry leaders and a targeted survey examining shifts in power procurement strategies. The survey results indicate that interest is rising in onsite power generation as developers seek faster, more reliable and more flexible ways to meet growing data center power demands.