The SPECpower committee is working on a successor to the popular (and still the only) power and performance benchmark, the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark. The new benchmark is based on the SPECpower Committee's expertise in the field of energy assessment across a wide spectrum of server configurations. It will have extensive Full Disclosure Report (FDR) description, include automatic discovery of hardware / software described in FDR, with automatic update support mechanism in place. It will also include tests to verify compliance with run and reporting rules and detect result tampering. It will be economical, easy to use - requiring no specific skills or equipment. The key characteristics under consideration for the new benchmark include assessment of new server components (e.g., GPGPU), and inclusion of emergent cypher support with stronger key length (AES-256, SHA2-512, RSA 4096 bit, ECDSA P-384 etc.). The benchmark is being developed in collaboration with academia, and will stress multiple subsystems in parallel (multi-dimensional), and emergent technologies like AI, ML, and NLP are being explored.