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Data center electricity use
Our World in Data's stacked bar chart drew 22.7K views on X: 0.8x its typical post and #101 of 139 Our World in Data charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
✍️ New article from @_HannahRitchie: “How much energy do data centers and artificial intelligence use?”
Why it spread
It spread because a top quarter source with an independent author published a self explaining stacked bar on data center energy to 2030, drawing 22,746 views, 169 likes, 53 reposts, 7 quotes and 39 saves.
What worked
- The chart is a stacked bar that shows global electricity use for data centers growing significantly by 2030, so it explains itself without extra reading.
- The post credits an independent author and links a new article, which adds trust and gives people a reason to share.
- The design is polished to a medium level, is highly self labelling, uses a low unusual form, is branded, and shows a source line, making it easy to grasp and cite.
What to borrow
We could use a stacked bar with high self labelling and a visible source line to show a clear growth trend by a future year, and frame it as a short article from a named author.
Careful
Do not copy the exact topic or assume the same reach, since the quote rate is above average but the account typical likes and times the account normal are not given, and the points and comments are null.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Our World in Data.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this stacked bar chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "How much of global electricity is used for data centers?" by Our World in Data. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
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On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id cbab76d74eaa.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/cbab76d74eaa | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/cbab76d74eaa/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/cbab76d74eaa/render?view=1 | The draw-only view this page uses | Open |
| POST | /mcp | Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents | Max |
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--header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.
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How far did Our World in Data's "Data center electricity use" chart travel?
22,746 views, 169 likes, 53 reposts and 39 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @OurWorldInData gets about 28.6K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A stacked bar chart. Global electricity use for data centers grows significantly by 2030.
Can I use Our World in Data's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Our World in Data. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.