Re:Running Bitcoin uses a small city’s worth of electricity
by CamelCaseName on Monday October 02, 2017 @03:28PM
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VISA has to maintain its data centers. They're working on becoming more energy efficient, but it's a long and involved process. [0] On top of that, there's also the energy required to run the PoS terminals, I'm not sure if that was factored into the equation though because that burden is shifted to vendors.
[0] http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170725006524/en/