Political Quotes

“I rise in support of H.R. 5646, a measure which will require the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct an analysis of the energy effects of the expanding use of computer servers and the concentration of computer servers in large data centers. Computer server use is rapidly growing at a rate that is estimated to be 50 percent over a mere 5 years. Servers are now used in virtually every business and every government office. And now companies with large information processing needs are aggregating servers into large data centers. The growing use of servers has an energy consequence, and it is now estimated that server operations consume electricity valued at $3 billion annually. In our ongoing efforts to become a more energy- efficient Nation, it is appropriate that we focus on ways to encourage more energy-efficient computer servers. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy are charged with the administration of the Energy Star program, which identifies and labels energy-efficient technologies in a number of business and household products. Use of more energy-efficient products enables residential and commercial energy consumers to lower their electricity costs and also to lessen the overall national demand for electricity. H.R.…”