--- title: The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe: AI and Climate Change description: TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use. canonical: https://time.com/7175088/artificial-intelligence-energy-use/ author: Andrew Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-12T15:43:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T13:27:56.629Z article:section: Climate og:title: The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe: AI and Climate Change og:description: TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use. og:url: https://time.com/7175088/artificial-intelligence-energy-use/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72b5b6d45d42b66a/698a9c1f929fad4a09c03a61/ai-data-center-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2122 og:image:height: 1194 og:image:alt: Drone Shot of Data Center in North Dakota og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe: AI and Climate Change twitter:description: TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72b5b6d45d42b66a/698a9c1f929fad4a09c03a61/ai-data-center-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe: Artificial Intelligence by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/) and [Shyla Raghav](https://time.com/author/shyla-raghav/) Nov 12, 2024 3:43 PM UTC  Aerial shot of a data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services and AI computing in a large, temperature controlled warehouse in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota. Aerial shot of a data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services and AI computing in a large, temperature controlled warehouse in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota.Getty Images by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/) and [Shyla Raghav](https://time.com/author/shyla-raghav/) Nov 12, 2024 3:43 PM UTC Did you know that the expansion of AI will [require](https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/6b2fd954-2017-408e-bf08-952fdd62118a/Electricity2024-Analysisandforecastto2026.pdf) as much new energy as some countries? TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7175088/artificial-intelligence-energy-use/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7175088/artificial-intelligence-energy-use/"},"headline":"Watch: The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe: Artificial Intelligence","datePublished":"2024-11-12T15:43:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T13:27:56.629Z","description":"TIME Chief Climate Officer Shyla Raghav explores artificial intelligence and how it impacts energy use.","url":"https://time.com/7175088/artificial-intelligence-energy-use/","keywords":["climate change","AmazonFutures24"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72b5b6d45d42b66a/698a9c1f929fad4a09c03a61/ai-data-center-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Shyla Raghav","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/shyla-raghav/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72b5b6d45d42b66a/698a9c1f929fad4a09c03a61/ai-data-center-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Drone Shot of Data Center in North Dakota","caption":"Aerial shot of a data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services and AI computing in a large, temperature controlled warehouse in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota.","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7175088/artificial-intelligence-energy-use/","name":"Watch: The Good, the Bad, and the Maybe: Artificial Intelligence"}}]}] ```