[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 126 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5795-S5796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3220. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. DISTINCT CATEGORY FOR DATA CENTERS IN THE 
                   COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.

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       (2) Data center.--The term ``data center'' means any 
     facility that--
       (A) primarily contains electronic equipment used to 
     process, store, and transmit digital information; and
       (B) is--
       (i) a free-standing structure; or
       (ii) a facility within a larger structure that uses 
     environmental control equipment to maintain proper conditions 
     for the operation of the electronic equipment.
       (b) Modification to Survey Category.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall--
       (A) revise the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption 
     Survey to establish a distinct category, with respect to 
     building type, for data centers; and
       (B) implement that category in the first iteration of the 
     Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey that occurs 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) Subcategories.--The category established under 
     paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following 
     subcategories:
       (A) High-performance computing facility.
       (B) Colocation data center.
       (C) Enterprise data center.
       (D) Edge data center.
       (E) Cloud data center.
       (F) Artificial intelligence data center.
       (3) Collection of specific data.--Data collected under the 
     category established under paragraph (1) shall include--
       (A) energy consumption data, including--
       (i) electricity usage;
       (ii) utilization rate;
       (iii) 2-year forecast data for energy demand by utility 
     service territory;
       (iv) renewable energy sources; and
       (v) energy efficiency measures; and
       (B) workload statistics, including data processing volume, 
     server utilization rates, and computational tasks.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the conduct of the 
     first iteration of the Commercial Buildings Energy 
     Consumption Survey after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that--
       (1) details the data collected under that Commercial 
     Buildings Energy Consumption Survey; and
       (2) based on that data, analyzes trends and implications 
     for energy policy.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out 
     the provisions of this section.
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