The House of Representatives on March 14 passed a bill designed to make federal data centers use energy more efficiently. The Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), passed by a voice vote under suspension of House rules.
The bill requires the Department of Energy to update its 2007 baseline for energy efficiency at data centers, with an eye to making new data centers operate with less expenditure of power — and by extension less expensively.
