Categories Funfact Data centres use 1% of the world’s generated energy. Post author By admin Post date February 27, 2020 Data centres use 1% of the world’s generated energy. ← Your monthly data requests while using the internet generate about the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as driving a car one mile. → The oldest know piece of string is 40,000 years old. It was found in France and was made from the fibrous insides of a pine tree.