Notice2022-04751
Notice of GSA Live Webinar Regarding Data Center Sustainability
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Published
March 7, 2022
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General Services Administration
Abstract
GSA is hosting a Data Center Sustainability Summit to obtain information from federal and industry communities. The summit focuses on the energy, environment, and infrastructure benefits that result from IT modernization and a transition from government-owned data centers to commercially-owned facilities, cloud computing, or software- as-a-service that can help the Federal Government reach its sustainability goals.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12704-12705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04751]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
[Notice-ME-2022-01; Docket No. 2022-0002; Sequence No. 1]
Notice of GSA Live Webinar Regarding Data Center Sustainability
AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services
Administration (GSA).
ACTION: Virtual meeting notice.
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SUMMARY: GSA is hosting a Data Center Sustainability Summit to obtain
information from federal and industry communities. The summit focuses
on the energy, environment, and infrastructure benefits that result
from IT modernization and a transition from government-owned data
centers to commercially-owned facilities, cloud computing, or software-
as-a-service that can help the Federal Government reach its
sustainability goals.
DATES: Wednesday, April 6 and Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.,
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
ADDRESSES: This is a virtual event and the call-in information will be
made available upon registration. All attendees, including industry
partners, must register for the ZoomGov event here: <a href="https://gsa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/9816439918053/WN_KkzAepS7TXCqg7gEvcUXRA">https://gsa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/9816439918053/WN_KkzAepS7TXCqg7gEvcUXRA</a>.
Members of the press, in addition to registering for this event,
must also RSVP to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2c2c0d7c1c1f2d5c1d39cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c7c7e697f7f4c6b7f6d226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Santucci at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#43372b2c2e22306d30222d373620202a032430226d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5a1bdbab8b4a6fba6b4bba1a0b6b6bc95b2a6b4fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a> or 202-230-4822.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Biden Administration established government-wide sustainability
goals in the 2021 Executive Order on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries
and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability (E.O. 14057, located at <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/12/08/executive-order-on-catalyzing-clean-energy-industries-and-jobs-through-federal-sustainability/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/12/08/executive-order-on-catalyzing-clean-energy-industries-and-jobs-through-federal-sustainability/</a>) and its accompanying Federal Sustainability
Plan (located at <a href="https://www.sustainability.gov/federalsustainabilityplan/index.html">https://www.sustainability.gov/federalsustainabilityplan/index.html</a>).
The E.O. communicates five government-wide goals for tackling the
climate crisis:
<bullet> 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030
<bullet> 100 percent zero-emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035
<bullet> Net-zero emissions from federal procurement no later than 2050
<bullet> A net-zero emissions building portfolio by 2045
<bullet> Net-zero emissions from overall federal operations by 2050
As the current Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) policy
(M-21-05, available here: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/M-21-05.pdf">https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/M-21-05.pdf</a>) is set to sunset at the end of Fiscal Year
2022, GSA is interested in obtaining information about sustainability
best practices for IT infrastructure that could help inform the
development of new DCOI metrics.
Format
The Data Center and Cloud Sustainability and Resiliency Summit
convenes leaders from the federal government and industry for an
educational forum to discuss how adoption of modern IT solutions is
critical to the country's transition to clean, zero-emissions
technologies. Additionally, this summit seeks to explore these
solutions' additional economic and national security benefits. If you
have questions for the panelists about their sustainability initiatives
and technologies, submit them via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#422621212d2b022531236c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8dcdbdbd7d1f8dfcbd996dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a> by COB March
25th, 2022.
Special Accommodations
For those who need accommodations, ZoomGov will have an option to
turn on closed captioning. If additional accommodations are needed,
please indicate this on the ZoomGov registration form.
Live Webinar Speakers (Subject To Change Without Notice)
Hosted by
<bullet> GSA/Office of Government-wide Policy.
Sponsored by
<bullet> Federal Chief Information Officers Council
<bullet> Information Technology Industry Council
Also co-sponsored by
<bullet> Data Center Coalition
Keynote Speakers
<bullet> Special Guest, TBD
Agenda
[Subject to change without notice]
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Day 1
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Start time
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10:00 a.m........................... Opening Remarks.
10:05 a.m........................... Opening Keynote: Topic TBD.
10:25 a.m........................... Panel #1: IT Infrastructure and
America's Path to Net-Zero
Emissions by 2050.
11:00 a.m........................... Panel #2: A Mission-First Approach
to Leveraging the Cloud.
11:35 a.m........................... Panel #3: Case Study 1--Data
Center CoLo Benefits.
12:00 p.m........................... Break: Industry Tech Talks.
1:00 p.m............................ Panel #4: Cloud Computing Benefits
to Agency Missions.
1:30 p.m............................ Panel #5: Cloud Service Providers.
2:10 p.m............................ Panel #6: Department of Defense.
2:35 p.m............................ Panel #7: Data Center
Sustainability Strategies and
Initiatives.
3:00 p.m............................ Panel #8: Case Study 2--Data
Center CoLo Benefits.
3:25 p.m............................ Panel #9: Powering the
Supercomputers of Today.
3:55 p.m............................ Conclusion Remarks.
4:00 p.m............................ Day 1 Concludes.
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Day 2
------------------------------------- Topic
Start time
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10:00 a.m........................... Opening Remarks.
10:05 a.m........................... Opening Keynote: Topic TBD.
10:20 a.m........................... Panel #1: Innovation in Data
Centers.
10:30 a.m........................... Panel #2: Revitalizing Underserved
Communities with Disruptive Data
Center Technologies.
11:05 a.m........................... Panel #3: ``Greening'' Federal IT
Purchasing.
11:35 a.m........................... Panel #4: Software as a Service
Providers.
12:00 p.m........................... Break: Industry Tech Talks.
1:00 p.m............................ Panel #5: Federal Government and
the ``Green Grid''.
1:40 p.m............................ Roundtable 1: Former Government
Leaders on Future Data Center
Metrics.
2:40 p.m............................ Roundtable 2: Industry on Future
Data Center Metrics.
3:40 p.m............................ Closing Keynote.
3:55 p.m............................ Conclusion Remarks.
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4:00 p.m............................ Day 2 Concludes.
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Thomas Santucci,
GSA IT Modernization Director, General Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-04751 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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