Collection of data on computational load entities
Division B — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources › Title I — Electric transmission
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(a) Definition of data center entity (1) In general In this section, the term data center entity means an end-user, or group of co-located end-users, the primary purpose of which is to house computing, networking, or data storage equipment used to process, store, or transmit digital data, including equipment used for— (A) artificial intelligence training or inference; (B) cloud computing or data hosting; or (C) cryptocurrency mining or other distributed-ledger or digital-asset computation. (2) Exclusion In this section, the term data center entity does not include computing or data storage equipment that is ancillary to a facility the primary purpose of which is commercial or industrial activity other than an activity described in paragraph (1). (b) Data collection Not later than 90 days before the first April 1 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall revise Form 861 of the Energy Information Administration to include load from data center entities.