119th Congress Science, Technology, Communications
H.R. 9372: Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act
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Summary
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to carry out a program to inform the development of best practices, technical standards, and other resources for measuring workloads and energy and water use of data centers, including measurements relating to training and processing of artificial intelligence models.
Specifically, NIST must
- develop or identify best practices and other resources for such measurements, taking into account specified factors such as workload type and system configuration;
- conduct research and testing to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of such measurements;
- study data needs for energy and water demand forecasting and other research; and
- support the development of standardized metrics and data sharing mechanisms to promote improved energy and water demand forecasting.
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Further, NIST must coordinate with the Department of Energy to ensure applicable metrics and data are managed and archived appropriately and promote open exchange of metrics and data as appropriate. NIST must also coordinate with international partners to maintain global data center energy measurement standards.
Finally, NIST must periodically brief Congress on the program.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Valerie Foushee D-NCOriginal
- Jay Obernolte R-CAOriginal
- Dina Titus D-NV
- Eleanor Norton D-DC
- Angie Craig D-MN
- Greg Stanton D-AZ
- Hillary Scholten D-MI
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Suhas Subramanyam SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up3 events+18
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History
- Introduced in the House by Suhas Subramanyam.
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- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 1.
- Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4134)
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.