Large Data Centers Operate on a Power Scale That Dwarfs Town Usage
Electricity demand is shown here as a “population equivalent” — first converting megawatts to the number of homes that could be powered at peak usage, then multiplying by Delaware’s average household size. Each number represents a person.
Horizontal bar chart comparing the estimated population equivalent of electricity demand from 25 megawatts and a proposed 1,200-megawatt data center to the populations of several Delaware towns and the state as a whole. The chart shows 25 MW equals roughly 57,000 people, while the 1,200 MW Project Washington proposal equals roughly 2.7 million people, compared to Delaware’s population of about 1.05 million.
