ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS.

SEC. 1003. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (2)(D)(iv), by striking “determined by the organization” and inserting “proposed by the stakeholders”; and (B) by striking paragraph (3); and (2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and inserting the following: “(c) Stakeholder Involvement.— “(1) In general.—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. “(2) Considerations.—In carrying out the collaboration described in paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Administrator shall pay particular attention to organizations that— “(A) have members with expertise in energy efficiency and in the development, operation, and functionality of data centers, information technology equipment, and software, including representatives of hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and facility managers; “(B) obtain and address input from the National Laboratories (as that term is defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)) or any institution of higher education, research institution, industry association, company, or public interest group with applicable expertise; “(C) follow— “(i) commonly accepted procedures for the development of specifications; and “(ii) accredited standards development processes; or “(D) have a mission to promote energy efficiency for data centers and information technology. “(d) Measurements and Specifications.—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. “(e) Study.— “(1) Definition of report.—In this subsection, the term ‘report’ means the report of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory entitled ‘United States Data Center Energy Usage Report’ and dated June 2016, which was prepared as an update to the ‘Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency’, published on August 2, 2007, pursuant to section 1 of Public Law 109-431 (120 Stat. 2920). “(2) Study.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of the Energy Act of 2020, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall make available to the public an update to the report that provides— “(A) a comparison and gap analysis of the estimates and projections contained in the report with new data regarding the period from 2015 through 2019; “(B) an analysis considering the impact of information technologies, including virtualization and cloud computing, in the public and private sectors; “(C) an evaluation of the impact of the combination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, and big data on data center energy usage; “(D) an evaluation of water usage in data centers and recommendations for reductions in that water usage; and “(E) updated projections and recommendations for best practices through fiscal year 2025. “(f) Data Center Energy Practitioner Program.— “(1) In general.—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 provides for the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federally owned and operated data centers. “(2) Evaluations.—Each Federal agency shall consider having the data centers of the agency evaluated once every 4 years by energy practitioners certified pursuant to the program, whenever practicable using certified practitioners employed by the agency. “(g) Open Data Initiative.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall establish an open data initiative relating to energy usage at federally owned and operated data centers, with the purpose of making the data available and accessible in a manner that encourages further data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation. “(2) Consideration.—In establishing the initiative under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider using the online Data Center Maturity Model. “(h) International Specifications and Metrics.—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. “(i) Data Center Utilization Metric.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facilitate in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data center (including equipment and facilities). “(j) Protection of Proprietary Information.—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.” .