{"slug": "us-data-centers-set-to-consume-more-natural-gas-than-most-countries-by-2035", "title": "US Data Centers Set to Consume More Natural Gas Than Most Countries by 2035", "summary": "US data centers are forecast to add 15 billion cubic feet per day to US natural gas demand by 2035, according to a BloombergNEF outlook, more than double its previous December estimate of 6.9 billion cubic feet per day. The increase would exceed current gas consumption in every country except China, Russia, Iran, and the United States, with natural gas expected to supply 69% of the power for new grid-connected facilities. BloombergNEF projects power-sector gas use will reach 54 billion cubic feet per day by 2035, up from 36 billion in 2025, while LNG exports add 21 billion cubic feet per day, and warns the forecast carries wide uncertainty because the pace of AI development and construction is hard to predict.", "body_md": "# US Data Centers Set to Consume More Natural Gas Than Most Countries by 2035\n\nBloombergNEF forecasts data centers will add 15 billion cubic feet per day to US gas demand as AI infrastructure expands.\n\nUS data centers are on track to consume more natural gas than nearly every nation within a decade, according to a Bloomberg outlook.\n\nGas used to generate electricity for data centers is expected to increase by 15 billion cubic feet per day by 2035, even if some planned projects are never built.\n\nThat would exceed current consumption in every country except China, Russia, Iran, and the United States. The estimate is more than double BloombergNEF’s previous forecast of 6.9 billion cubic feet per day issued in December.\n\nNatural gas is expected to supply 69% of the power needed by new grid-connected facilities. Abundant US production, relatively low costs, and gas plants’ ability to adjust output quickly make the fuel attractive to data centers that operate around the clock.\n\n### AI, tech, and the markets they move—in one daily briefing.\n\nDaily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy.\n\nThe AI buildout is projected to become the second-largest source of US gas-demand growth through 2035, behind new liquefied natural gas export terminals on the Gulf Coast. Power-sector gas use is expected to reach 54 billion cubic feet per day by 2035, up from 36 billion in 2025, while LNG exports add another 21 billion cubic feet per day of demand.\n\nBloombergNEF says the forecast has wide margins of uncertainty because the pace of AI development and construction remains difficult to predict. Still, the simultaneous growth of data centers and LNG exports could require US producers to add 11 billion cubic feet per day beyond their currently projected output increases.\n\n**Disclosure:** This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our\n\n[Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-data-centers-set-to-consume-more-natural-gas-than-most-countries-by-2035", "canonical_source": "https://cryptobriefing.com/us-data-centers-natural-gas-consumption-2035/", "published_at": "2026-09-14 17:25:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-14 17:55:31.800814+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["BloombergNEF", "Bloomberg", "United States", "China", "Russia", "Iran"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-data-centers-set-to-consume-more-natural-gas-than-most-countries-by-2035", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-data-centers-set-to-consume-more-natural-gas-than-most-countries-by-2035.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-data-centers-set-to-consume-more-natural-gas-than-most-countries-by-2035.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-data-centers-set-to-consume-more-natural-gas-than-most-countries-by-2035.jsonld"}}