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R42604 — Department of Defense Implementation of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management

The Department of Defense (DOD) is the single largest energy consumer in the nation. As the largest owner of federal data centers, with 772, the DOD has more than twice as many centers as any other agency. By consolidating some of its data centers, DOD could have a significant positive impact on energy savings for the federal government. DOD has instituted a number of policy directives, as have all federal agencies, that influence energy use in its data centers. Data centers are facilities—buildings or parts of bu…

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Legal stateResearch or guidanceContext or guidance does not establish a generally applicable legal requirement.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2026-09-02Updated by the Congressional Research Service
Primary sourceCRSOriginal public record linked

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Disclosure & reporting · Emissions standard

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Caps or standardizes the greenhouse-gas and pollution footprint a data center is allowed to produce.

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Department of Defense Implementation of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management

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