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The Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) encourages agencies and organizations to improve data center energy efficiency. To help them construct and maintain energy-efficient data centers, FEMP provides a variety of publications, tools, and training opportunities. 

Read about FEMP's data center energy efficiency activities and resources. 

Center of Expertise

The Center of Expertise (COE) for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers demonstrates national leadership in decreasing data center energy use. COE partners with key public and private stakeholders and supplies know-how, tools, best practices, analyses, and technology information to help agencies implement data center policies and projects.

• Data Center Metering and Resource Guide
• Data Center Master List of Efficiency Actions
• Data Center Profiler (DC Pro) Tools
• Data Center Energy Practitioner Training

Search the COE for additional resources on data center efficiency.

Better Buildings Challenge and Accelerator

Data centers offer a tremendous opportunity for energy and cost savings. Data center energy consumption can be reduced by 20% to 40% by applying best management energy-efficiency measures and strategies. FEMP invites federal and private-sector data center operators to join the Better Buildings Challenge to showcase their solutions and share progress made toward greater energy efficiency.  Partners will receive technical assistance, opportunities to network with like-minded leaders, and recognition from the U.S. Department of Energy. There are two ways to participate:

• Better Buildings Challenge partners pledge to increase the energy efficiency of their building portfolios (with a spotlight on data centers) by at least 20% within 10 years.

• Data Center Accelerator partners of the Better Buildings Challenge pledge to increase the energy efficiency of at least one of their data centers within five years.