The IMF warns that these two major industries are comparable to "electricity-hungry giants": their power consumption approaches that of a major economy.
①IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath is concerned that the energy consumption and carbon footprint of cryptocurrency mining and datacenters are rapidly increasing; ②She expects that by 2027, the share of these two industries in global electrical utilities may rise from 2% in 2022 to around 3.5%; ③This level is comparable to the current electricity consumption of Japan, the world's fifth largest electricity-consuming country.
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