China's per-capita electricity use rose nearly sevenfold since 2000, overtaking Britain

So what

Since 2000 China has gone from about 1,100 to 7,100 kWh per person, now above France, Germany and the UK. Over the same period most advanced economies used less: Britain is down almost a third and Germany and Canada about 15%, while South Korea nearly doubled. Electricity growth is now an emerging-market and industrial-policy story, and AI-driven data-centre demand may yet reverse the decline in the West.