# Enhanced Use Lease
**Aliases:** EUL
**Entity class:** Federal real-property lease mechanism
## Definition
An **Enhanced Use Lease (EUL)** is a statutory mechanism through which a military department may lease underused non-excess real property to a private party in exchange for cash or in-kind consideration. The Army cites 10 U.S.C. § 2667 for its data-center program.
## Relationships
- **used by:** [[wiki/United States Army|United States Army]].
- **program:** [[wiki/Army Data Center Enhanced Use Lease Program|Army Data Center EUL Program]].
- **projects:** [[wiki/Fort Bliss Hyperscale Data Center|Fort Bliss]] and [[wiki/Dugway Proving Ground|Dugway]] hyperscale data centers.
## Sources / Provenance
- [10 U.S.C. § 2667 — Leases: non-excess property of military departments](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2667)