Energy and Commerce
Co-Sponsors: 4–2 Democrats, 2 Republicans
Data centers and servers, computers, and smart devices are examples of some of the most energy-intensive information technologies. The federal government consumes billions of kWh hours using these devices and demand is only increasing. This bill promotes energy efficiency via information and computing technologies. It directs the OMB Director, Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of EPA to develop an implementation strategy for the maintenance, purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies by the federal government. The bill also creates Data Center Energy Practitioner Programs, Open Data Initiatives, International Specifications and Metrics, Data Center Utilization Metric, Protection of Proprietary Information.
This bill addresses Green New Deal goal 2(E)p.8 to make buildings more energy efficient and 4(B)p.11 to ensure the federal government considers the impact of emissions in policy change.