EPA Reaches Goal On Data Center Study 75
1sockchuck writes "After initially struggling in its effort to find data center operators willing to share data about their energy usage, the EPA extended the program by a month and has managed to recruit 215 facilities to participate in its program to help the government develop an Energy Star program for data centers. An EPA official says there are no plans to regulate the data center industry."
"No plans"? Not quite. (Score:4, Insightful)
Which is political shorthand for "you can bet your ass we'll be pushing for restrictions on data center power usage once the numbers come in".
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This is one of those areas that the government does NOT need to meddle. Price and market will fix it. period. go. ahead. argue. now.
Re:"No plans"? Not quite. (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:no plans to regulate the industry (Score:4, Insightful)