Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act
Introduced Jun 18, 2026 by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to carry out a program to inform the development of best practices, technical standards, and other resources for measuring workloads and energy and water use of data centers, including measurements relating to training and processing of artificial intelligence models.
Specifically, NIST must
develop or identify best practices and other resources for such measurements, taking into account specified factors such as workload type and system configuration;
conduct research and testing to improve the accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of such measurements;
Read the full summary on Congress.govSummary by the Congressional Research Service.
No floor votes yet — it hasn't reached the floor of either chamber.