According to a recent IEA publication, global data center electricity use in 2020 was 200–250 TWh1, or around 1% of global final electricity demand. Major builders of data centers are committing to building renewable power generation facilities along with their data centers, lessening the strain on the local utilities while also helping them to meet local, state, and federal requirements for renewable energy production.

This paper explores the short- and long-term ramifications the renewable power source has on the architecture of the power train in the data center.