Global AI data centers used 155 TWh in 2025, equal to billions of meals.

In 2025, AI-dedicated data centers worldwide consumed about 155 TWh of electricity, roughly equivalent to 533 billion roasted chicken drumsticks or 300 billion 200-gram steaks in food energy. The post contrasts this with Indian mathematician Ramanujan, who lived on a strict vegetarian diet of rice, salt, and lemon juice powering a 20 W brain.