AI Data Insight
Latest data shows that in May 2026, China's urban and rural residential electricity consumption reached 109.0 billion kWh, a significant increase from 99.2 billion kWh in the previous month, delivering a strong year-on-year growth of 7.5%. Benefiting from official home appliance trade-in policies and rising temperatures, residential electricity consumption showed extremely high resilience. Meanwhile, electricity consumption by AI computing centers and internet data services surged by over 45%, becoming a structural highlight driving overall macroeconomic electricity demand.