From Bitcoin to AI, the future is increasingly energy-intensive - Future Tech. Generating Bitcoin consumes 145 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, more than the Netherlands uses.
If Google were to integrate generative artificial intelligence into every search, electricity consumption would rise to around 29 billion kiloatt hours per year. According to a UN study, in the two-year period 2020-2022 generating Bitcoin consumed 173.42 Terawatt hours (Italy consumes 295) If it were a nation it would be the 27th in the world.