5 ms·

Source?

• chrischattin 5y ago
  Youtube uses 243.6 TWh - https://thefactsource.com/how-much-electricity-does-youtube-use/ https://thefactsource.com/how-much-electricity-does-youtube-... Bitcoin uses ~118 TWh - https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption Youtube souce is from 2019, Bitcoin one is current.
  • mytherin 5y ago
    The first source does not seem particularly reliable, it makes some back of the envelope calculations based on extrapolated stats that are not even sourced. Other sources put Google’s total energy usage (including youtube) at around 12 TWh [1]. Total datacenter usage is estimated to be around 205 TWh [2]. [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/788540/energy-consumption-of-google/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/788540/energy-consumptio... [2] https://energyinnovation.org/2020/03/17/how-much-energy-do-data-centers-really-use/ https://energyinnovation.org/2020/03/17/how-much-energy-do-d...