Sec. 3. Energy efficient data centers
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Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 17112 ) is amended— by amending subsection (c)(1) to read as follows: Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act , the Secretary and the Administrator shall designate an established information technology industry organization to coordinate the program described in subsection (b), and shall make such designation public, including on an appropriate website. ; by amending subsections
(e)and
(f)to read as follows: The Secretary, with assistance from the Administrator, shall— not later than December 31, 2013, make available to the public an update to the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, under Public Law 109–431 , providing— a comparison and gap analysis of the estimates and projections contained in the original report with new data regarding the period from 2007 though 2012; an analysis considering the impact of ICT asset and related infrastructure utilization solutions, to include virtualization and cloud computing-based solutions, in the public and private sectors; and updated projections and recommendations for best practices; and collaborate with the organization designated under subsection
(c)in preparing such report. The Secretary, in collaboration with the organization designated under subsection
(c)and the United States Chief Information Officer in the Office of Management and Budget, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner program that leads to the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in data centers. Each Federal agency shall have its data centers evaluated annually by energy practitioners certified pursuant to such program, whenever practicable using certified practitioners employed by that agency. ; by redesignating subsection
(g)as subsection (j); and by inserting after subsection
(f)the following new subsections: The Secretary, in collaboration with the organization designated under subsection
(c)and the United States Chief Information Officer in the Office of Management and Budget, shall establish an open data initiative for Federal data center energy usage data, with the purpose of making such data available and accessible in a manner that empowers further data center innovation while protecting United States national security interests. In establishing this initiative, the Secretary shall consider use of the online Data Center Maturity Model. The Secretary, in collaboration with the organization designated under subsection (c), shall actively participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy efficiency. The Secretary, in collaboration with the organization designated under subsection (c), shall assist in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of the overall data center, including information technology systems and related infrastructure. .
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