Bitcoin uses more energy than Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft combined.
The cryptocurrency is responsible for 121.05 TWh (terawatt-hours) per year - nearly three times as much as these tech behemoths, which use 45 TWh between them.
Data from Cambridge University's Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index places Bitcoin's energy usage above countries like the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, and Pakistan - the last of which powers the lives of more than 216 million people.
If it were a country, Bitcoin would rank 31st for energy consumption.
