The Energy Information Agency (EIA) informed two U.S. Senators of its intention to mandate data centers to reveal information regarding their energy consumption, as reported by Wired.

This move follows a request made a month prior by Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren, who urged the EIA to collect data on data centers. The initiative aims to prompt the agency to monitor an industry that is increasingly taxing energy resources.

According to Wired, the nationwide assessment will be compulsory. The agency has yet to announce when it will roll out the new survey instrument.

In March, the EIA revealed plans for a pilot survey involving 196 companies across Texas, Washington state, and the Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia metropolitan area, and in April, it indicated the launch of an additional survey in three other states. EIA head Tristan Abbey anticipates the completion of the two pilot surveys by September, after which development of the obligatory survey for data centers across the country will commence.