EV sales passed 17 million. The fleet changed more slowly.
Electric cars took more than a fifth of new sales in 2024 but remained a much smaller share of cars already on the road.
Technology
The digital world, measured: connectivity, computing and the infrastructure behind it.
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Data centres could nearly double their electricity use by 2030
The IEA's 2026 outlook puts data-centre electricity demand at around 950 TWh in 2030, up from 485 TWh in 2025.
Two billion people are still offline
Internet use reaches 76% of the world's population in ITU's 2026 estimates, leaving a substantial gap.