PUBLISHER: MTN Consulting, LLC | PRODUCT CODE: 1993244
PUBLISHER: MTN Consulting, LLC | PRODUCT CODE: 1993244
Data Center Energy Profile - Oracle: Energy Use Up 24% CAGR since 2019, Emissions Stable Thanks to Renewables, Stargate May Explode its Carbon Footprint, Though
This is a company analysis profile of Oracle, published under MTN Consulting's "Data Center Power & Connectivity" (DCPC) research module. The profile's primary goal is to analyze Oracle's performance and strategy in the area of energy use, energy efficiency, and environmental sustainability. The profile leverages the October 2025 report, "Energy & Sustainability Tracker: Webscale & AI Compute, 2025," supplemented with 2026 information.
In 2024, Oracle ranked eighth in total energy consumption among 20 webscalers. It placed seventh in renewable energy use (88.7%) but fifth in energy intensity. Oracle ranks 10th for Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity, rising to eighth when including Scope 3, which is a vital metric due to Oracle's heavy reliance on third-party colocation. Notably, Oracle decoupled growth from emissions between 2019 and 2024, with energy use rising 24% annually while total emissions grew at a 3.3% CAGR.
Oracle is included in MTN Consulting's DCPC coverage because it is one of the largest data center investors in the world. Oracle spent $35.5 billion in 2025 capex across 147 OCI regions. It utilizes an asset-light model, leasing capacity or occupying build-to-suit campuses financed by partners like Blue Owl Capital or DigitalBridge. This strategy focuses Oracle's spending on compute hardware - servers, GPUs, and networking - while landlords like Equinix or Digital Realty own the physical infrastructure. However, its involvement in the massive Stargate initiative threatens to significantly increase its carbon footprint, as these projects currently prioritize scale over sustainability goals.
Organizations mentioned:
- Alibaba
- Alphabet
- Amazon
- Ampere
- Apex Group
- Apple
- ARM
- Baidu
- Blackstone
- Blue Owl Capital
- Brookfield
- ByteDance
- Cognizant
- Digital Realty
- DigitalBridge
- ebay
- Equinix
- Fujitsu
- HPE
- IBM
- JD.com
- KKR
- Kuaishou
- Lancium
- Meta (FB)
- Microsoft
- Nebius
- NVIDIA
- OpenAI
- Oracle
- SAP
- Softbank
- Stargate
- Stonepeak
- Tencent
- TikTok
- TIM Brasil
- Vantage Data Centers
- Vodafone
- Xiaomi
- Yandex
Table of Contents
1. Summary
2. Vendor takeaways
3. Overall assessment
4. Analysis: Energy & sustainability
5. Green goal progress check
6. Financial and infrastructure scaling
7. Revenues and capex
8. Asset growth & physical footprint
9. Telecom industry position
10. Energy consumption
11. Energy efficiency
12. Renewable energy strategy
13. Carbon footprint & emissions
14. Sustainability reporting quality
15. Concluding thoughts
16. Appendix
List of Figures and Tables
- Table 1: Oracle's overall sustainability performance on 1-5 scale (5 is greenest)
- Figure 1: Oracle YoY % growth in energy, emissions, and revenues
- Figure 2: Growth in energy & emissions - Oracle versus global market
- Figure 3: Oracle revenues (US$M) and YoY % growth
- Figure 4: Oracle capex (US$M) and capex/revenue ratio
- Figure 5: Oracle net PP&E (US$M) and YoY % growth
- Figure 6: Oracle net PP&E (in US$M) vs. OCI live customer-facing cloud regions
- Figure 7: Oracle revenues & market share in Telco NI, annualized
- Figure 8: Oracle - Energy consumption in GWh and electricity's share of total (2019-24)
- Figure 9: Oracle vs. global average: Energy intensity in MWh per $1M in revenue
- Figure 10: Oracle - Renewable energy consumption in GWh and % total
- Figure 11: Oracle vs. global average: Renewable energy as % total consumption
- Figure 12: Emissions intensity in MT CO2e per $M of Net PP&E
- Figure 13: Oracle Emissions intensity in MT CO2e per $M of revenue (vs. Global average)
