US20120132554A1 - Container data center - Google Patents

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US20120132554A1
US20120132554A1 US12/972,505 US97250510A US2012132554A1 US 20120132554 A1 US20120132554 A1 US 20120132554A1 US 97250510 A US97250510 A US 97250510A US 2012132554 A1 US2012132554 A1 US 2012132554A1
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Chao-Ke Wei
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/20—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
    • H05K7/20709—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating for server racks or cabinets; for data centers, e.g. 19-inch computer racks
    • H05K7/20718—Forced ventilation of a gaseous coolant
    • H05K7/20727—Forced ventilation of a gaseous coolant within server blades for removing heat from heat source
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/14—Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
    • H05K7/1485—Servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks
    • H05K7/1497—Rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor

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  • the present disclosure relates to data centers, and particularly to a container data center.
  • Data centers are centralized computing facilities that include many servers, often arranged on server racks or shelves, and one rack or shelf with some servers can be considered a server system.
  • server systems generate a lot of heat in the data centers, and a common method for dissipating the heat is to use air conditioners, which are very expensive to purchase and operate. Therefore an energy-saving heat dissipation system is needed.
  • the FIGURE is a cross-sectional, schematic view of an embodiment of a container data center.
  • an embodiment of a container data center 100 includes a mobile container 10 and a plurality of server systems 20 installed in the container 10 .
  • the server systems 20 are arranged in two parallel rows.
  • the container 10 includes a top wall 101 , a bottom wall 102 opposite to the top wall 101 , a plurality of sidewalls 103 substantially connected between sides of the top wall 101 and the bottom wall 102 , and a raised floor 11 parallel and close to the bottom wall 102 .
  • Two intakes 13 are defined in the top wall 101 .
  • An outlet 14 is defined in each of the sidewalls 103 , and arranged between the raised floor 11 and the bottom wall 102 .
  • the server systems 20 are supported on the raised floor 11 .
  • a heat shield 25 is provided to connect tops of the corresponding server systems 20 in the two rows.
  • the container 10 there is a hot aisle 24 defined among the server systems 20 , the heat shield 25 , and the raised floor 11 , and a cold aisle 23 defined among the sidewalls 103 of the container 10 , the server systems 20 , the heat shield 25 , and the raised floor 11 .
  • the raised floor 11 defines an opening 112 communicating with the hot aisle 24 .
  • the container data center further includes two air input devices 30 , two heat exchangers 40 , and an air exhaust device 50 .
  • the air input devices 30 are attached to an outer surface of the top wall 101 of the container 10 , and respectively aligned with the intakes 13 .
  • the heat exchangers 40 are attached to an inner surface of the top wall 101 of the container 10 , and respectively aligned with the air input devices 30 through the intakes 13 .
  • the air exhaust device 50 is arranged under the raised floor 11 .
  • each of the air input devices 30 is an axial fan.
  • the air exhaust device 50 includes an axial fan and a plurality of air ducts (not shown) respectively facing the outlets 14 of the sidewalls 103 .
  • air outside of the container 10 is driven to flow into the container 10 through the intakes 13 by the air input devices 30 .
  • the air flows through the heat exchangers 40 to be cooled, and then the cooled air is guided into the cold aisle 23 .
  • the server systems 20 draw in the cooled air from the cold aisle 23 , and dissipate hot air into the hot aisle 24 .
  • the hot air in the hot aisle 24 is driven to flow down through the opening 112 , and is exhausted out of the container 10 through the outlets 14 by the air exhaust device 50 .
  • the heat exchangers 40 may be shut down for power conservation. Because air around the top of the container 10 is cleaner than the air around the bottom of the container 10 , driving air into the container 10 through the intakes 13 in the top wall 101 as disclosed in this application means the input air is cleaner.
  • two air filters 131 are respectively disposed in the intakes 13 of the container 10 , to prevent dust entering the container 10 .
  • Two rain shields 32 are mounted on the top wall 101 of the container 10 to respectively cover the air input devices 30 to prevent water entering the container 10 .

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