From looking at a variety of sources, my best, rough understanding is that
1. Data centers & Bitcoin are using about the same amount of electricity, about 2% of the US energy production each
2. AI is a subset of data center usage, but expect this portion to drastically rise and drive up the energy usage
3. Data centers & AI are continuingly becoming more efficient while Bitcoin becomes less so by design, L2 crypto is an efficiency play for crypto more generally
1. Data centers & Bitcoin are using about the same amount of electricity, about 2% of the US energy production each
2. AI is a subset of data center usage, but expect this portion to drastically rise and drive up the energy usage
3. Data centers & AI are continuingly becoming more efficient while Bitcoin becomes less so by design, L2 crypto is an efficiency play for crypto more generally