2018 CBECS Data Center Pilot Results

Release date: May 11, 2021

As part of the 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) data collection, we conducted a pilot study of 50 data center buildings to assess the feasibility of publishing data centers as a separate building type. This report, 2018 CBECS Data Center Pilot Results, discusses the study’s approach and key findings. We concluded that we would need both a high-quality frame and industry cooperation to collect data to publish statistically valid building characteristics and energy consumption estimates for data centers as a separate building type.