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   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "energy-use",
   "state": "forecast",
   "period": "2050",
   "as_of": null,
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   "geo": "sweden",
   "kind": "forecast",
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   "basis": "Svenska kraftnät long-term scenario for data centre electricity use",
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   "wording": "27 TWh in 2050 (MM)",
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   "value_min": null,
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   "value_kind": "exact",
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   "state": "forecast",
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   "as_of": null,
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   "geo": "sweden",
   "kind": "forecast",
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   "unit": "MW",
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   "value_min": null,
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   "kind": "pipeline",
   "unit": "MW",
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   "value": 439,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
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   "as_of": "2025-12-31",
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   "geo": "spain",
   "kind": "current",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Installed IT power of colocation and hyperscale data centres",
   "qualification": "third-party-reported",
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   "value": 2537,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "it-power",
   "state": "forecast",
   "period": "2030",
   "as_of": null,
   "id": "es-spaindc-mw-2030f",
   "geo": "spain",
   "kind": "forecast",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "SpainDC projection of possible installed IT power",
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   "source": "spaindc",
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  {
   "value": 6329,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
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   "id": "es-ree-access-2026",
   "geo": "spain",
   "kind": "pipeline",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Grid access capacity granted to data centres by Red Eléctrica, none of it yet in service",
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   "source": "ree",
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   "value": 460,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
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   "as_of": null,
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   "geo": "italy",
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   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Commercial (colocation and wholesale) live IT capacity",
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  {
   "value": null,
   "value_min": 2000,
   "value_max": 2300,
   "value_kind": "range",
   "metric": "it-power",
   "state": "forecast",
   "period": "2031",
   "as_of": null,
   "id": "it-ida-mw-2031f",
   "geo": "italy",
   "kind": "forecast",
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   "basis": "IDA forecast of commercial IT capacity. Up to 3.4 GW with additional demand",
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  {
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   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "lower_bound",
   "metric": "it-power",
   "state": "forecast",
   "period": "2030",
   "as_of": null,
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   "geo": "poland",
   "kind": "forecast",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Total IT power capacity in Polish data centres expected to more than triple, as stated by the operator Atman (forecast author not named in the release)",
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   "forecast_label": "forecast",
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   "wording": "expected to more than triple, exceeding 500 MW by 2030",
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  {
   "value": 440,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "it-power",
   "state": "operational",
   "period": "2025",
   "as_of": null,
   "id": "sa-mcit-mw-2025",
   "geo": "saudi-arabia",
   "kind": "current",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Operational data centre capacity stated by the ministry (68 MW in 2021). MW basis not stated",
   "qualification": "official",
   "source": "mcit_sa",
   "wording": "operational capacity 440 MW in 2025",
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  {
   "value": 1200,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
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   "period": null,
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   "id": "za-dm-pipeline-2026",
   "geo": "south-africa",
   "kind": "pipeline",
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   "basis": "IT load if announced expansions are delivered, as reported (Teraco alone nearly 190 MW of IT load today)",
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   "wording": "push IT load above 1,200 MW",
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   "value": 1256,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
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   "id": "my-tnb-load-2026",
   "geo": "malaysia",
   "kind": "current",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Actual data centre load utilisation on the TNB grid",
   "qualification": "official",
   "source": "tnb",
   "wording": "actual data centre load utilisation 1,256 MW",
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   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "grid-connection",
   "state": "contracted",
   "period": null,
   "as_of": "2026-06",
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   "basis": "Capacity secured by 61 data centre projects. TNB splits it as 5.65 GW in system (42 projects), 2.21 GW under construction and 0.49 GW under ESA. Johor holds 67%",
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   "wording": "61 projects with 8.3 GW secured",
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   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "grid-connection",
   "state": "under-construction",
   "period": null,
   "as_of": "2026-06",
   "id": "my-tnb-uc-2026",
   "geo": "malaysia",
   "kind": "pipeline",
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   "basis": "Secured data centre capacity whose grid works are under construction (part of the 8.3 GW)",
   "qualification": "official",
   "source": "tnb",
   "wording": "2.21 GW under construction",
   "display_value": "2.21 GW"
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   "value": 7040,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "grid-requests",
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   "period": null,
   "as_of": "2026-02-03",
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   "geo": "brazil",
   "kind": "pipeline",
   "unit": "MW",
   "basis": "Data centre access requests to the basic grid accepted by the system operator ONS",
   "qualification": "third-party-reported",
   "source": "pvmag_br",
   "wording": "ONS aceita solicitações de acesso de 7 GW de data centers",
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  {
   "value": 38,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "exact",
   "metric": "grid-requests",
   "state": "requested",
   "period": null,
   "as_of": "2026-06-02",
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   "geo": "brazil",
   "kind": "pipeline",
   "unit": "GW",
   "basis": "Total data centre grid connection requests (a wider pool than the accepted requests above)",
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   "source": "bnam_br",
   "wording": "Brazil reaches 38GW in data center connection requests",
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  {
   "value": 1.8,
   "value_min": null,
   "value_max": null,
   "value_kind": "approximate",
   "metric": "it-power",
   "state": "operational",
   "period": "2026 H1",
   "as_of": null,
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   "geo": "china",
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   "provider": "Huawei Cloud",
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   "geo": "china",
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   "provider": "Tencent Cloud",
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   "unit": "TWh",
   "basis": "IEA Base Case increase in China data centre electricity consumption (plus 170%)",
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   "metric": "energy-use",
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