That's not a well sourced story: it doesn't say where the numbers come from. Also:

"However, ChatGPT consumes a lot of energy in the process, up to 25 times more than a Google search."

That's comparing a Large Language Model prompt to a search query.

> Too bad they consume 25x the electricity Google does.

From the article:

"However, ChatGPT consumes a lot of energy in the process, up to 25 times more than a Google search."

And the article doesn't back that claim up nor do they break out how much energy ChatGPT (A Message? Whole conversation? What?) or a Google search uses. Honestly the whole article seems very alarmist while being light on details and making sweeping generalizations.

And in this 25x you get your answer.

What if we actually counted the electricity that the websites use instead of just the search engine page ?