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42 U.S. Code § 17112. Energy efficiency for data center buildings
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Data centerThe term “data center” means any facility that primarily contains electronic equipment used to process, store, and transmit digital information, which may be—
(A)
a free-standing structure; or
(B)
a facility within a larger structure, that uses environmental control equipment to maintain the proper conditions for the operation of electronic equipment.
(2) Data center operator
The term “data center operator” means any person or government entity that builds or operates a data center or purchases data center services, equipment, and facilities.
(b) Voluntary national information program
(1) In general
Not later than 90 days after December 19, 2007, the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, after consulting with information technology industry and other interested parties, initiate a voluntary national information program for those types of data centers and data center equipment and facilities that are widely used and for which there is a potential for significant data center energy savings as a result of the program.