S.Amdt. 3220

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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