EIA akan meluncurkan survei energi pusat data wajib menyusul surat dari Warren-Hawley

Menanggapi surat bipartisan dari Senator Elizabeth Warren dan Josh Hawley, Badan Informasi Energi AS (EIA) merencanakan survei nasional wajib mengenai penggunaan energi pusat data—upaya pertama untuk mengumpulkan data tersebut di tengah pertumbuhan berbasis AI. WIRED memperoleh surat EIA kepada para senator yang merinci inisiatif tersebut.

Badan Informasi Energi (EIA), lembaga statistik energi utama pemerintah federal, telah memberi tahu Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) dan Josh Hawley (R-MO) tentang rencananya untuk melakukan survei nasional wajib mengenai konsumsi daya pusat data. Hal ini menyusul surat para senator pada bulan Maret yang mendesak pelaporan tahunan untuk mengatasi lonjakan permintaan listrik dari infrastruktur AI dan komputasi awan. Diperoleh oleh WIRED, tanggapan EIA berkomitmen untuk mengumpulkan data dasar yang sebelumnya tidak tersedia, di tengah pengawasan terhadap jejak lingkungan dan tekanan jaringan listrik dari pusat data. Tidak ada jadwal peluncuran yang ditentukan, namun badan tersebut menekankan untuk melanjutkan pengumpulan data wajib tersebut. Perkembangan ini dibangun di atas upaya bipartisan untuk meningkatkan transparansi, membantu pembuat kebijakan dalam mengelola biaya bagi rumah tangga dan merencanakan lonjakan permintaan yang diproyeksikan, seperti prakiraan BloombergNEF bahwa penggunaan energi pusat data akan meningkat lebih dari dua kali lipat pada tahun 2035.

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