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Data centres account for between 1.5% and 2% of global electricity consumption (archive.ph)
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Can computing clean up its act? The industry consumes as much electricity as Britain—and rising

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure that the combined energy consumption of the aggregate financial system is less than 0.5%, but it does, unlike Bitcoin, provide utility, not withstanding any reasonable objection to the fairness of this system.