Download or read book Department of Defense Implementation of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative written by Congressional Research Service and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) is the single largest energy consumer in the nation. As the largest owner of federal data centers, with 772, the DOD has more than twice as many centers as any other agency. By consolidating some of its data centers, DOD could have a significant positive impact on energy savings for the federal government. DOD has instituted a number of policy directives, as have all federal agencies, that influence energy use in its data centers.