根据彭博新能源财经报告，美国数据中心到2035年预计每日消耗约180亿立方英尺天然气，超过德国和日本的总消耗量1。这一预测较9个月前的估计增加了近一倍1。数据中心将成为美国天然气需求增长的第二大驱动力1。
其中，电网连接的数据中心预计每日驱动约150亿立方英尺的额外消耗，增幅是其他电网行业的5倍1。Meta、Microsoft、Google和Amazon等大科技公司建设的自有电厂数据中心将另外消耗每日29-34亿立方英尺天然气1，相当于所有数据中心当前的总消耗量1。
这一能源需求激增将带来显著的环保和经济影响。燃烧每立方英尺天然气释放相当于60克二氧化碳（包括开采、加工和分配环节）1，数据中心的额外需求将每日产生约100万公吨温室气体，占美国当前温室气体排放总量的约12%1。同时，天然气需求的大幅增长可能导致能源价格上升1。
According to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, US data centers are expected to consume approximately 18 billion cubic feet of natural gas daily by 2035, surpassing the combined consumption of Germany and Japan 1. This projection represents nearly double the estimate made nine months earlier 1. Data centers will become the second-largest driver of US natural gas demand growth during this period 1.
The surge will be distributed across two categories of facilities. Grid-connected data centers are projected to drive an additional 15 billion cubic feet of daily gas consumption, a figure five times greater than growth from other grid-based industries 1. Meanwhile, proprietary power plants built by major technology companies—including Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, all of which have announced new natural gas generation facilities—are expected to consume an additional 2.9 to 3.4 billion cubic feet per day, equivalent to the total consumption of all US data centers today 1.
The environmental implications are significant. Burning one cubic foot of natural gas releases greenhouse gases equivalent to 60 grams of carbon dioxide when accounting for extraction, processing, and distribution 1. The additional natural gas demand from data centers alone is estimated to generate 1 million metric tons of greenhouse gases daily, representing approximately 12 percent of current US total greenhouse gas emissions 1. This expansion is also expected to exert upward pressure on natural gas prices 1.
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