
How Much Power Does Data Centre Storage Actually Use?
Data centre power consumption is one of the fastest-growing operational costs in large-scale infrastructure, and storage is a bigger driver of that than most procurement decisions account for. This article breaks down the real power figures for HDD arrays, all-flash SAN, and NVMe deployments — including cooling overhead, PUE implications, and what the numbers look like at hyperscale. Sources include the IEA, Uptime Institute, and Western Digital’s published research.








