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Citing IEA directly:

https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and...

"Estimated global data centre electricity consumption in 2022 was 240-340 TWh1, or around 1-1.3% of global final electricity demand. This excludes energy used for cryptocurrency mining, which was estimated to be around 110 TWh in 2022, accounting for 0.4% of annual global electricity demand. "



It's incredible how much energy cryptocurrency uses considering it's lacking real-world use cases




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