> Datacenters used less than 0.1 petawatt-hours in 2020 [4], or about 2% of total energy consumption. FWIW, that's a projection from 2016, but it should still

> Datacenters used less than 0.1 petawatt-hours in 2020 [4], or about 2% of total energy consumption. FWIW, that's a projection from 2016, but it should still be in the right ballpark. Comparing Bitcoin power usage to all other data center power usage is also enlightening. Those data centers are hosting the majority of the world's online services as well as providing services used by physical businesses; they're doing a lot more useful work, for more people, than Bitcoin is.