Sec. 3112. 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 (b)(2)(D)(iv), by striking determined by the organization and inserting proposed by the stakeholders ; by striking subsection (b)(3); and by striking subsections
(c)through
(g)and inserting the following: The Secretary and the Administrator shall carry out subsection
(b)in collaboration with the information technology industry and other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing results that accurately reflect the most relevant and useful information available. In such collaboration, the Secretary and the Administrator shall pay particular attention to organizations that— have members with expertise in energy efficiency and in the development, operation, and functionality of data centers, information technology equipment, and software, such as representatives of hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and facility managers; obtain and address input from Department of Energy National Laboratories or any college, university, research institution, industry association, company, or public interest group with applicable expertise; follow— commonly accepted procedures for the development of specifications; and accredited standards development processes; and have a mission to promote energy efficiency for data centers and information technology. The Secretary and the Administrator shall consider and assess the adequacy of the specifications, measurements, best practices, and benchmarks described in subsection
(b)for use by the Federal Energy Management Program, the Energy Star Program, and other efficiency programs of the Department of Energy or the Environmental Protection Agency. The Secretary, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2016 , 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 2008 through 2015; an analysis considering the impact of information technologies, including virtualization and cloud computing, in the public and private sectors; an evaluation of the impact of the combination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, and big data on data center energy usage; an evaluation of water usage in data centers and recommendations for reductions in such water usage; and updated projections and recommendations for best practices through fiscal year 2020. The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders and the Director of 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 Federal data centers. Each Federal agency shall consider having the data centers of the agency evaluated every 4 years, in accordance with section 543(f) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8253 ), by energy practitioners certified pursuant to such program. The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders and the Director of 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 encourages further data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation. In establishing the initiative, the Secretary shall consider the use of the online Data Center Maturity Model. The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall actively participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy and water efficiency. The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facilitate the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data center (including equipment and facilities). The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets provided by any individual or company for the purposes of carrying out this section or the programs and initiatives established under this section. .
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Sec. 3112
Energy efficient data centers
Pub. L.Pub. L. 109-431
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