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Published 2025-07-01; horizon 2024-07-01 to 2050-06-30. The nem data centre demand family is selected explicitly, so a newer forecast from another market cannot replace this record.
Observed outcomes
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Forecast Australian data centre electricity consumption under the Step Change scenario. The NEM accounts for 98 per cent of the FY25 figure.
Assumption boundary
Publisher base-year estimate, not an independently observed release. The NEM accounts for 98 per cent of it.
Step Change scenario. Growth averages 25.1 per cent a year from the FY25 base.
Step Change scenario endpoint.
Source locator: Oxford Economics for AEMO, FY25 base year
Source locator: Oxford Economics for AEMO, Step Change
scenario: Step Change / average annual growth pct: 25.1
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