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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1261 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote... · Sec. 3

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— in subsection (c), by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: 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 make the designation public, including on an appropriate website. ; by striking subsections
(e)and
(f)and inserting the following: 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 section 1 of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920), that provides— a comparison and gap analysis of the estimates and projections contained in the original report with new data regarding the period from 2007 through 2012; an analysis considering the impact of information and communications technologies 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 the report. The Secretary, in collaboration with the organization designated under subsection
(c)and the Federal Chief Information Officer, 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 the data centers of the agency evaluated every 4 years by energy practitioners certified pursuant to the program, whenever practicable using certified practitioners employed by the agency. ; by redesignating subsection
(g)as subsection (j); and by inserting after subsection
(f)the following: The Secretary, in collaboration with the organization designated under subsection
(c)and the Federal Chief Information Officer, shall establish an open data initiative for Federal data center energy usage data, with the purpose of making the data available and accessible in a manner that empowers further data center innovation while protecting United States national security interests. In establishing the 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 and communications technology systems and related infrastructure. .
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