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- a cabinet cluster support structure for an electronic equipment data center or co-location facility design is described.
- Data centers and server co-location facilities are well-known.
- rows of electronics equipment, such as servers, typically owned by different entities are stored.
- cabinets are used in which different electronics equipment is stored, so that only the owners of that equipment, and potentially the facility operator, have access therein.
- the owner of the facilities manages the installation and removal of servers within the facility, and is responsible for maintaining utility services that are needed for the servers to operate properly.
- utility services typically include providing electrical power for operation of the servers, providing telecommunications ports that allow the servers to connect to transmission grids that are typically owned by telecommunication carriers, and providing air-conditioning services that maintain temperatures in the facility at sufficiently low levels for reliable operation.
- evaporator units In the air conditioning units that are used in conventional facility systems, there are both an evaporator unit and a condenser unit.
- the evaporator units are typically located inside a facility and the condenser units are typically disposed outside of the facility. These units, however, are not located in standardized, accessible and relatively convenient positions relative to the facility should any of the units need to be accessed and/or removed for repair or replacement. Further, these units are not themselves created using an intentionally transportable design.
- an apparatus for maintaining a configuration of electronic equipment disposed in a plurality of cabinets for supporting a thermal shield that defines a hot air containment chamber, for supporting a thermal barrier ceiling, for supporting cool air ductwork and for supporting distribution power wires and conduits, electronic equipment power wires and conduits, and communication wiring, the plurality of cabinets disposed on a floor, the floor being within an internal area of a building, the cabinets positioned into two rows that are separated by a hot aisle area so that the electronic equipment disposed in the plurality of cabinets emit heated air in a predetermined direction toward the hot aisle area between the two rows, the apparatus comprising: an interior frame structure that is independent of and not structurally tied to the plurality of cabinets, the interior frame structure including: a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed only at ends of the two rows, each vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the first plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the thermal shield on one side of the first plurality
- a method of configuring a plurality of cabinets having electronic equipment stored therein in building having exterior walls and cool air ductwork comprising the steps of: providing a building have exterior walls, a floor, a roof with a ceiling below, and an interior room; within the interior room of the building, providing an interior frame structure, the interior frame structure including a plurality of cabinet clusters, each cabinet cluster including a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed only at ends of the two rows, each vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end, some of the vertical brackets assisting in supporting (1) a portion of a thermal barrier ceiling at another end, the thermal barrier ceiling being disposed below the ceiling and creating an airspace between the ceiling and the thermal barrier ceiling, and (2) a hot containment chamber, the hot containment chamber being contiguous with the thermal barrier ceiling and providing an opening into the airspace, with a sealed chamber through which warm air rises within a hot air aisle associated with the cabinet cluster; a first horizontal support bracket disposed above a cabinet height that intersects a middle hot
- FIG. 1 A 1 - 2 illustrate top views of a floor design used in the data center or co-location facility.
- FIG. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view along X-X from FIG. 1 A 2 .
- FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of part of the support frame and thermal shields of the data center of FIGS. 1 A 2 & 1 B.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a group of movable equipment cabinets, with one cabinet rolled out, according to embodiments.
- FIG. 4A illustrates a top view of a floor design used in the data center or co-location facility.
- FIG. 4B illustrates a cross-sectional view along X-X from FIG. 4A .
- FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of part of the support frame and thermal shields of the data center of FIGS. 4A-4B .
- the data center or co-location facility designs have certain features that will be apparent herein and which allow many advantages in terms of efficient use of space, efficient modular structures that allow for efficiency in the set-up of co-location facility and the set-up of the electronics equipment in the facility, as well as efficient air-conditioning within the facility.
- Each of these features has aspects that are distinct on their own, and combinations of these features also exist that are also unique.
- FIGS. 1 A 1 - 2 & 1 B show different views of a portion of a data center or co-location facility.
- FIG. 1 A 1 shows a top view of a preferred data center floor, with an interior frame structure 1600 used to form the structures, described hereinafter, that support an array of cabinet clusters 1601 , two of which are identified as 1601 - 1 and 1601 - 2 , and which are then shown in further detail in FIG. 1 A 2 .
- a 4 ⁇ 11 array of cabinet clusters is illustrated, though the number and shape thereof can vary, as explained further herein.
- this top view also illustrates, along the entire left edge, a row of PDUs, which are internal within the data center, as well as a row of A/C units, which are external to the data center.
- Cool air is provided by cool-air ductwork from the external A/C units to the cabin clusters using cool-air ductwork 1610 illustrated in FIG. 1B , which ductwork preferably spans an entire row of four different cabinet clusters, as shown in this specific embodiment.
- cool-air ductwork 1610 illustrated in FIG. 1B which ductwork preferably spans an entire row of four different cabinet clusters, as shown in this specific embodiment.
- thermal barrier ceiling 1640 from which ceiling air 1630 the hot air then flows to the air handling system A/C, and there is a tight seal so that the only openings to the ceiling air 1630 are using the hot air containment chamber 162 , formed as described further herein, above each hot-aisle 1604 associated with each cabinet cluster 1601 .
- parallel rows of equipment cabinets 1602 are arranged in clusters, and further configured so as to allow the cabinets to be rolled in and out of place as required, as well as around load-bearing posts of the interior frame structure 1600 , without interference by wiring and other components. It is thus apparent that a significant aspect is that the equipment cabinets are independent of, and not structurally a part of the interior frame structure 1600 , which allows for a host of advantages and efficiencies.
- the interior facility shown in FIGS. 1 A 1 - 2 and 1 B may be integrated with the air handling systems described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109 entitled “Electronic Equipment Data Center or Co-location Facility Designs and Methods of Making and Using the Same” filed on Mar.
- FIGS. 1 A 1 - 2 and 1 B may include aspects of one or more of the cable and conduit routing system configurations as described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109, and expanded upon in more detail below.
- the interior facility shown in FIGS. 1 A 1 - 2 and 1 B also includes a cabinet clusters 1601 , each cabinet cluster 1601 configured to provide direct hot air exhaust from the electrical equipment toward the hot aisle 1603 associated therewith. Air flows in which the cool air moves efficiently through the electronic equipment cabinets 1602 into the hot aisles 1603 from where it is exhausted through a hot air containment chamber 1620 and into an upper ceiling area 1630 , which is lowerly bounded by the upper surface of the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 , from which ceiling air 1630 the hot air then flows to the an air handling system (A/C shown in FIG. 1 A 1 ).
- the air flow through the electronic equipment cabinets is configured and controlled to provide efficient cooling of the electronic equipment while also cooling the facility in an environmentally efficient manner.
- FIG. 1 A 2 also illustrates that the parallel rows of electronic equipment cabinets 1602 are configured on each side of a hot aisle 1603 , with the electronic cabinets and equipment therein being arranged in a back-to-back configuration, such that for example, the back of cabinet 1602 A 1 faces the back of cabinet 1602 B 1 . While twelve (12) cabinets 1602 per row are shown, this number is illustrative only. Further a square cabinet configuration cluster or other variants that include a hot aisle are within the intended scope of the invention.
- each aisle is closed off by a solid thermal barrier partition 1606 that attaches to the support frames 1607 , described further hereinafter.
- One of the two partitions 1606 within each cabinet cluster 1601 preferably includes a door for access to the corresponding hot aisle 1603 .
- a row of cabinets on each side of a hot aisle forms the cabinet cluster 1601 .
- Each cabinet cluster 1601 has a cold aisle 1604 on either side, typically shared in common with an adjacent cabinet cluster 1601 .
- the floor 1605 of the facility may be marked to explicitly show the various areas of the facility.
- the center area of the hot aisle 1603 may be marked by tile, paint, tape or otherwise.
- the typical dimensions of the central area are typically in the range of 2′-4′ across the width, with a row length corresponding to the number of electronic cabinets in the row. Marking with tiles is preferable as the marking will last, and tiles that are red in color, corresponding to the generation of heat, have been found preferable.
- the areas where rows of cabinets 1602 are positioned may be marked in another manner, such as using a grey tile that is different in color from the center area.
- the floor areas outside of the cabinets and hot aisle may be marked in yet a different manner, such as using a light grey tile.
- FIG. 1 A 2 shows the interior frame structure 1600 , which includes support frames 1607 for supporting the thermal barrier 400 associated with each cabinet cluster 1601 , the various support racks and conduits described herein, and the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 , and also support frame 1608 for supporting the cold air ducts and the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 .
- the frames 1607 for the cabinet clusters are preferably bolted to the floor 1605 .
- the frames 1607 divide up each row into three equal groups of cabinets, and include therein power and telecommunications equipment that is used to then service other electronic equipment within the cabinet cluster, as described in the applications incorporated by reference herein. (Such a group of cabinets is shown in FIG.
- the cold air ducts which are supported by frames 1608 that run parallel to the rows of cabinets and are also preferably bolted to the floor 1605 . In a preferred embodiment, they are positioned directly above the cold aisles 1604 , though other overhead positions will also work.
- the interior frames 1607 and frame 1608 may be made of structurally sound materials, such as steel with a welded construction of the various parts as described, molded plastic, or other materials. Further details of the frames 1607 and frame 1608 are shown in FIGS. 1B & 2 .
- FIG. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view along line X-X from FIG. 1A .
- the figure shows floor 1605 , thermal barrier ceiling 1640 and actual ceiling 1650 .
- the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 and the actual ceiling 1650 are configured to have a gap that is preferably at least 1.5-3 feet and advantageously at least 15 feet, as the higher the ceiling the more the warm air rises (and thus also stays further away from the equipment in the cabinets 1602 ).
- the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 is preferably made of insulated tiles or panels, with a thickness of at least 1.5′′-4.0′′.
- the insulation value of the tiles/panels is preferably at least an R5-R19.
- the tiles/panels for the thermal barrier ceiling 1650 are preferably are insulated sandwich construction with a metal skin on the top side and bottom side with a thickness of 18-22 ga. which exhibit a greater mass than many conventional tiles—as here it is desired to use tiles that provide effective thermal insulation between the hot air and cold air regions. With respect to these tiles/panels, adjacent ones interlocking to provide even further strength and an air tight seal on both longitudinal seams.
- FIG. 1B passes through one of the frames 1607 , which has two rows of cabinets associated therewith, thereby providing the cabinet cluster 1601 that has a hot aisle 1603 within a centerline thereof.
- the position of cabinets 1602 immediately behind the plane of the section illustration are indicated by dashed lines.
- Also shown are single arrows that illustrate the cool air flow from the cold air supply ducts 1610 , through the electronic equipment cabinets 1602 where the air is heated as it cools the electronic equipment and then the double arrows show the hot air moving upward from the hot air containment chamber 1620 formed by the thermal shields 400 to the region between the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 and the actual ceiling 1650 .
- thermal shields 400 bound the hot air containment chamber 1620 and that there is an air-tight seal between the top of the thermal shields and the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 to ensure all of the hot air flows into the ceiling space 1630 from where it is exhausted and that none of the hot air leaks back into the cold aisles and adjacent areas of the facility floor.
- the hot air flows within the ceiling area 1630 to an exhaust channel area from where the hot air may be either exhausted outside the building, chilled and then recirculated, or a combination of external exhaust and recirculation, as described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109 mentioned previously.
- each of the vents has a remote-controlled actuator that allows for the offsite control of the vents, both in terms of direction and volume of air let out of each cold air supply vent. This allows precise control such that if a particular area is running hot, this can be detected (using detectors not shown), and then adjusted for by supplying more cold air directed thereto.
- ladder racks 1660 and conduit holders 1670 are preferably attached to the frame 1607 for supporting various cables, wires and conduits including power spines and telecommunications wiring.
- the conduit holders 1670 are shown, as an example to have room for 4 conduits to run wiring or cabling therethrough.
- conduit clamps for conduit holding, and holding of the wires or cables within the conduits may be used, as also described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109.
- FIG. 1B Also shown in FIG. 1B are certain vertical posts and frame elements of the frame 1608 for support of the cold air supply ducts 1610 and the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 .
- the vertical posts of the frame 1608 are preferably bolted to the floor 1605 at the lower end and provide support for the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 at the upper end.
- the frame 1608 include a plurality of support pillars 1608 A attached to a square frame 1608 B within which the cold air supply ducts 1610 are supported, as shown in FIG. 1B , as well as a thermal barrier mount 1608 C on which the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 rests.
- the frame 1608 also includes other vertical posts that are used to support horizontal beams on which the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 preferably rests, such as horizontal beams 1608 D 1 and 1608 D 2 illustrated in FIG. 1 A 2 , which have a vertical post at their intersection.
- FIG. 2 shows the primary load-bearing elements of one of the frames 1607 and thermal shields 400 attached thereto for one cabinet cluster 1601 —as also shown in FIGS. 1 A 2 & 1 B.
- the frame 1607 is preferably bolted to the floor 1605 by plates 1681 and provides support for the thermal shields 400 which define the hot air containment chamber 1620 which channels the hot air into the ceiling space for exhausting, as described above, as well as provides a support for the thermal barrier ceiling 1640 .
- the frame 1607 is comprised of vertical support brackets 1682 R and 1682 L (for Right and Left) and 1683 R and 1683 L and horizontal support brackets 1684 - 1688 , with vertical support brackets 1682 R an 1682 L providing support for horizontal support brackets 1687 and 1688 as well as for the thermal barrier 1640 .
- the thermal shields 400 are bolted to the members 1682 , 1687 and 1688 .
- Various ladder racks shown in FIG. 1A
- conduit holders 1670 in FIG. 1 A 2
- FIG. 1B preferably above the horizontal member 1685 .
- the frame 1607 may be made of structurally sound material, such as steel with a welded construction of the various parts as described, molded plastic, or other materials.
- the configuration of the frame 1607 shown in FIGS. 1 A 1 - 2 , 1 B and 2 is only one example of a frame configuration that can support the thermal barrier, the thermal shields and the conduits while allowing the cabinets in the cabinet cluster to be moved in and out of place—and as such other configurations of the frame are envisaged which can provide the support desired in this embodiment.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view (not to scale) of part of a group of movable equipment cabinets 1602 , with one cabinet rolled out into the cold aisle, according to embodiments described herein.
- Cabinets typically have a width of 19′′-24′′, though they can be as large as 30′′.
- a thermal barrier cabinet panel 1690 shown in dotted line the size of the cabinet removed is preferably inserted to avoid hot air from the hot-air aisle escaping back toward a cold aisle, rather than to the above hot air containment chamber 1620 and into the ceiling area 1630 .
- the thermal barrier cabinet panel 1690 has insulating characteristics like that of the thermal shield described above.
- thermal barrier cabinet panel 1690 can be used if cabinets of various sizes are used, and at an end an area needs to be closed off.
- the group of cabinets is configured in a row between support beams 1682 and 1683 of the frame 1607 , as described above with reference to FIGS. 1 A 2 and 2 .
- the arrow shows the direction of movement of the cabinet in and out of the row.
- the cabinets 1602 are provided with wheels 1702 for ease of movement, which are also lockable to keep the cabinets in position, though cabinets without wheels can also be used.
- the cabinets are typically comprised of a frame supporting electronics within and are covered in wire mesh on the front and the back to allow for air flow through the cabinet, with the sidewalls preferably being sealed to allow the air to flow therethrough.
- FIG. 4A illustrates a top view of a floor design used in the data center or co-location facility.
- FIG. 4B illustrates a cross-sectional view along X-X from FIG. 4A .
- FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of part of the support frame and thermal shields of the data center of FIGS. 4A-4B .
- FIGS. 4A-B and 56 ( e - g ) shown another embodiment that corresponds to FIGS. 4A, 4B and 5 , with numbering of similar limitations as 17xx whereas in FIGS. 1 A 2 , 1 B and 2 the number is 16xx.
- the middle two vertical support brackets 1682 R and 1682 L (for Right and Left) and 1683 R and 1683 L within the hot-aisle are removed, and replaced instead with a structural beam 1780 , which open up the hot aisle to allow for the placement of cabinets more easily, and also provide further support as the various different frames for each cabinet cluster are further connected via the beam to each other, as well as other vertical support posts, as shown.
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- A cabinet cluster support structure for an electronic equipment data center or co-location facility design is described.
- Background
- Data centers and server co-location facilities are well-known. In such facilities, rows of electronics equipment, such as servers, typically owned by different entities, are stored. In many facilities, cabinets are used in which different electronics equipment is stored, so that only the owners of that equipment, and potentially the facility operator, have access therein. In many instances, the owner of the facilities manages the installation and removal of servers within the facility, and is responsible for maintaining utility services that are needed for the servers to operate properly. These utility services typically include providing electrical power for operation of the servers, providing telecommunications ports that allow the servers to connect to transmission grids that are typically owned by telecommunication carriers, and providing air-conditioning services that maintain temperatures in the facility at sufficiently low levels for reliable operation.
- There are some well-known common aspects to the designs of these facilities. For example, it is known to have the electronic equipment placed into rows, and further to have parallel rows of equipment configured back-to back so that each row of equipment generally forces the heat from the electronic equipment toward a similar area, known as a hot aisle, as that aisle generally contains warmer air that results from the forced heat from the electronics equipment. In the front of the equipment is thus established a cold aisle.
- There are different systems for attempting to collect hot air that results from the electronics equipment, cooling that hot air, and then introducing cool air to the electronics equipment. These air-conditioning systems also must co-exist with power and communications wiring for the electronics equipment. Systems in which the electronics equipment is raised above the floor are well-known, as installing the communications wiring from below the electronics equipment has been perceived to offer certain advantages. Routing wiring without raised floors is also known—though not with systematic separation of power and data as described herein.
- In the air conditioning units that are used in conventional facility systems, there are both an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The evaporator units are typically located inside a facility and the condenser units are typically disposed outside of the facility. These units, however, are not located in standardized, accessible and relatively convenient positions relative to the facility should any of the units need to be accessed and/or removed for repair or replacement. Further, these units are not themselves created using an intentionally transportable design.
- In conventional facilities, wiring for electrical power and cabling for data is typically routed in an ad-hoc manner. More recently, systems for a more uniform system of wiring have been proposed. Nonetheless, there is still needed an apparatus that can provide for local wiring within a cabinet cluster, as well as for wiring that must be routed to different clusters from a distribution area. Still furthermore, there is the need for an apparatus that can provide for the wiring referred to above, as well as the support for a thermal shield that can create a physical partition to assist with thermal gradients that are desirable within a cabinet cluster.
- Described are embodiments for an integrated data center that provides for efficient cooling, as well as efficient wire routing.
- In one aspect is described an apparatus for maintaining a configuration of electronic equipment disposed in a plurality of cabinets, for supporting a thermal shield that defines a hot air containment chamber, for supporting a thermal barrier ceiling, for supporting cool air ductwork and for supporting distribution power wires and conduits, electronic equipment power wires and conduits, and communication wiring, the plurality of cabinets disposed on a floor, the floor being within an internal area of a building, the cabinets positioned into two rows that are separated by a hot aisle area so that the electronic equipment disposed in the plurality of cabinets emit heated air in a predetermined direction toward the hot aisle area between the two rows, the apparatus comprising: an interior frame structure that is independent of and not structurally tied to the plurality of cabinets, the interior frame structure including: a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed only at ends of the two rows, each vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the first plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the thermal shield on one side of the first plurality of vertical support brackets at a location above a top of the plurality of cabinets: a first horizontal support bracket disposed above a cabinet height that intersects a middle hot aisle portion so that an area on two opposite sides of each hot aisle where the cabinets can be placed does not have any vertical support brackets disposed therein; a plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, each connected to another side of at least some of the first plurality of vertical support brackets that is opposite the one side, which establish a plurality of different tiers outside of the hot air containment chamber, so that each of the different tiers is adapted to hold the electronic equipment power wires and conduits and the communication wiring, and a plurality of conduit holders for holding a plurality of the distribution power wires and conduits, each of the plurality of conduit holders connected to another side of at least some of the first plurality of vertical support brackets that is opposite the one side, each of the plurality of conduit holder disposed above the plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, each of the plurality of conduit holders being aligned with other ones of the plurality of conduit holders; and a second plurality of vertical support brackets disposed in a row, substantially parallel to the two rows, each second vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the second plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the cool air ductwork.
- In another aspect is described a method of configuring a plurality of cabinets having electronic equipment stored therein in building having exterior walls and cool air ductwork comprising the steps of: providing a building have exterior walls, a floor, a roof with a ceiling below, and an interior room; within the interior room of the building, providing an interior frame structure, the interior frame structure including a plurality of cabinet clusters, each cabinet cluster including a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed only at ends of the two rows, each vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end, some of the vertical brackets assisting in supporting (1) a portion of a thermal barrier ceiling at another end, the thermal barrier ceiling being disposed below the ceiling and creating an airspace between the ceiling and the thermal barrier ceiling, and (2) a hot containment chamber, the hot containment chamber being contiguous with the thermal barrier ceiling and providing an opening into the airspace, with a sealed chamber through which warm air rises within a hot air aisle associated with the cabinet cluster; a first horizontal support bracket disposed above a cabinet height that intersects a middle hot aisle portion so that an area on two opposite sides of each hot aisle where the cabinets can be placed does not have any vertical support brackets disposed therein; and a second plurality of vertical support brackets disposed in a row, substantially parallel to the two rows, each second vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting another portion of the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the second plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the cool air ductwork below the thermal barrier ceiling; providing a plurality of cabinets, the plurality of cabinets being disposed in two rows, below and adjacent to the hot containment chamber, thereby creating the hot aisle between the two rows; providing a thermal cabinet panels in an opening within the two rows where the plurality of cabinets are disposed to seal the hot aisle; and providing a thermal partition at each of two ends of the two rows to further seal the hot aisle.
- These and other aspects and features will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon review of the following description of specific embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying figures, wherein:
- FIG. 1A1-2 illustrate top views of a floor design used in the data center or co-location facility.
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FIG. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view along X-X from FIG. 1A2. -
FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of part of the support frame and thermal shields of the data center of FIGS. 1A2 & 1B. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of a group of movable equipment cabinets, with one cabinet rolled out, according to embodiments. -
FIG. 4A illustrates a top view of a floor design used in the data center or co-location facility. -
FIG. 4B illustrates a cross-sectional view along X-X fromFIG. 4A . -
FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of part of the support frame and thermal shields of the data center ofFIGS. 4A-4B . - Described are data center or co-location facility designs and methods of making and using the same. The data center or co-location facility designs have certain features that will be apparent herein and which allow many advantages in terms of efficient use of space, efficient modular structures that allow for efficiency in the set-up of co-location facility and the set-up of the electronics equipment in the facility, as well as efficient air-conditioning within the facility. Each of these features has aspects that are distinct on their own, and combinations of these features also exist that are also unique.
- FIGS. 1A1-2 & 1B show different views of a portion of a data center or co-location facility.
- FIG. 1A1 shows a top view of a preferred data center floor, with an
interior frame structure 1600 used to form the structures, described hereinafter, that support an array ofcabinet clusters 1601, two of which are identified as 1601-1 and 1601-2, and which are then shown in further detail in FIG. 1A2. In this specific embodiment in FIG. 1A1, a 4×11 array of cabinet clusters is illustrated, though the number and shape thereof can vary, as explained further herein. It is noted that this top view also illustrates, along the entire left edge, a row of PDUs, which are internal within the data center, as well as a row of A/C units, which are external to the data center. Cool air is provided by cool-air ductwork from the external A/C units to the cabin clusters using cool-air ductwork 1610 illustrated inFIG. 1B , which ductwork preferably spans an entire row of four different cabinet clusters, as shown in this specific embodiment. As also shown inFIG. 1B , there exists athermal barrier ceiling 1640, from whichceiling air 1630 the hot air then flows to the air handling system A/C, and there is a tight seal so that the only openings to theceiling air 1630 are using the hot air containment chamber 162, formed as described further herein, above each hot-aisle 1604 associated with eachcabinet cluster 1601. - In certain embodiments, parallel rows of
equipment cabinets 1602 are arranged in clusters, and further configured so as to allow the cabinets to be rolled in and out of place as required, as well as around load-bearing posts of theinterior frame structure 1600, without interference by wiring and other components. It is thus apparent that a significant aspect is that the equipment cabinets are independent of, and not structurally a part of theinterior frame structure 1600, which allows for a host of advantages and efficiencies. The interior facility shown in FIGS. 1A1-2 and 1B may be integrated with the air handling systems described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109 entitled “Electronic Equipment Data Center or Co-location Facility Designs and Methods of Making and Using the Same” filed on Mar. 30, 2009, incorporated by reference in full herein, wherein the condenser air conditioning units and heat expulsion chambers are either disposed within or outside the exterior walls of the facility. Furthermore, the interior facility shown in FIGS. 1A1-2 and 1B may include aspects of one or more of the cable and conduit routing system configurations as described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109, and expanded upon in more detail below. - The interior facility shown in FIGS. 1A1-2 and 1B also includes a
cabinet clusters 1601, eachcabinet cluster 1601 configured to provide direct hot air exhaust from the electrical equipment toward thehot aisle 1603 associated therewith. Air flows in which the cool air moves efficiently through theelectronic equipment cabinets 1602 into thehot aisles 1603 from where it is exhausted through a hotair containment chamber 1620 and into anupper ceiling area 1630, which is lowerly bounded by the upper surface of thethermal barrier ceiling 1640, from whichceiling air 1630 the hot air then flows to the an air handling system (A/C shown in FIG. 1A1). The air flow through the electronic equipment cabinets is configured and controlled to provide efficient cooling of the electronic equipment while also cooling the facility in an environmentally efficient manner. - FIG. 1A2 also illustrates that the parallel rows of
electronic equipment cabinets 1602 are configured on each side of ahot aisle 1603, with the electronic cabinets and equipment therein being arranged in a back-to-back configuration, such that for example, the back of cabinet 1602A1 faces the back of cabinet 1602B1. While twelve (12)cabinets 1602 per row are shown, this number is illustrative only. Further a square cabinet configuration cluster or other variants that include a hot aisle are within the intended scope of the invention. - The ends of each aisle are closed off by a solid
thermal barrier partition 1606 that attaches to the support frames 1607, described further hereinafter. One of the twopartitions 1606 within eachcabinet cluster 1601 preferably includes a door for access to the correspondinghot aisle 1603. A row of cabinets on each side of a hot aisle forms thecabinet cluster 1601. Eachcabinet cluster 1601 has acold aisle 1604 on either side, typically shared in common with anadjacent cabinet cluster 1601. - The
floor 1605 of the facility may be marked to explicitly show the various areas of the facility. For example, the center area of thehot aisle 1603 may be marked by tile, paint, tape or otherwise. The typical dimensions of the central area are typically in the range of 2′-4′ across the width, with a row length corresponding to the number of electronic cabinets in the row. Marking with tiles is preferable as the marking will last, and tiles that are red in color, corresponding to the generation of heat, have been found preferable. The areas where rows ofcabinets 1602 are positioned may be marked in another manner, such as using a grey tile that is different in color from the center area. Furthermore, the floor areas outside of the cabinets and hot aisle may be marked in yet a different manner, such as using a light grey tile. The placement of these markings for the different areas on the floor of the facility, preferably prior to moving any equipment onto the floor, allows for a visual correspondence on the floor of the various hot and cold aisles. In particular, when pushing cabinets into place, the cabinets will sit on a grey tile, facing a red tiled hot aisle at the back and a light grey area that is for the front of the cabinet that will face the cold aisle, hence the correct position of a cabinet will be readily apparent. - Furthermore, FIG. 1A2 shows the
interior frame structure 1600, which includes support frames 1607 for supporting thethermal barrier 400 associated with eachcabinet cluster 1601, the various support racks and conduits described herein, and thethermal barrier ceiling 1640, and alsosupport frame 1608 for supporting the cold air ducts and thethermal barrier ceiling 1640. Theframes 1607 for the cabinet clusters are preferably bolted to thefloor 1605. In the example shown in FIG. 1A2, theframes 1607 divide up each row into three equal groups of cabinets, and include therein power and telecommunications equipment that is used to then service other electronic equipment within the cabinet cluster, as described in the applications incorporated by reference herein. (Such a group of cabinets is shown inFIG. 3 .) The cold air ducts which are supported byframes 1608 that run parallel to the rows of cabinets and are also preferably bolted to thefloor 1605. In a preferred embodiment, they are positioned directly above thecold aisles 1604, though other overhead positions will also work. The interior frames 1607 andframe 1608 may be made of structurally sound materials, such as steel with a welded construction of the various parts as described, molded plastic, or other materials. Further details of theframes 1607 andframe 1608 are shown inFIGS. 1B & 2 . -
FIG. 1B illustrates a cross-sectional view along line X-X fromFIG. 1A . The figure showsfloor 1605,thermal barrier ceiling 1640 andactual ceiling 1650. Thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 and theactual ceiling 1650 are configured to have a gap that is preferably at least 1.5-3 feet and advantageously at least 15 feet, as the higher the ceiling the more the warm air rises (and thus also stays further away from the equipment in the cabinets 1602). Thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 is preferably made of insulated tiles or panels, with a thickness of at least 1.5″-4.0″. The insulation value of the tiles/panels is preferably at least an R5-R19. These tiles/panels are held in position by theinterior frame 1600, rather than being hung by a suspended ceiling as is conventionally done, which reduces the load to the roof. The tiles/panels for thethermal barrier ceiling 1650 are preferably are insulated sandwich construction with a metal skin on the top side and bottom side with a thickness of 18-22 ga. which exhibit a greater mass than many conventional tiles—as here it is desired to use tiles that provide effective thermal insulation between the hot air and cold air regions. With respect to these tiles/panels, adjacent ones interlocking to provide even further strength and an air tight seal on both longitudinal seams. The section view illustrated inFIG. 1B passes through one of theframes 1607, which has two rows of cabinets associated therewith, thereby providing thecabinet cluster 1601 that has ahot aisle 1603 within a centerline thereof. The position ofcabinets 1602 immediately behind the plane of the section illustration are indicated by dashed lines. Also shown are single arrows that illustrate the cool air flow from the coldair supply ducts 1610, through theelectronic equipment cabinets 1602 where the air is heated as it cools the electronic equipment and then the double arrows show the hot air moving upward from the hotair containment chamber 1620 formed by thethermal shields 400 to the region between thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 and theactual ceiling 1650. Note that thethermal shields 400 bound the hotair containment chamber 1620 and that there is an air-tight seal between the top of the thermal shields and thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 to ensure all of the hot air flows into theceiling space 1630 from where it is exhausted and that none of the hot air leaks back into the cold aisles and adjacent areas of the facility floor. The hot air flows within theceiling area 1630 to an exhaust channel area from where the hot air may be either exhausted outside the building, chilled and then recirculated, or a combination of external exhaust and recirculation, as described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109 mentioned previously. - Though the arrows for cool air in
FIG. 1B are directed straight downward from the coldair supply duct 1610, the vents associated with the cold air supply duct themselves can be adjusted to allow for directional downward flow at various angles. In a preferred embodiment, each of the vents has a remote-controlled actuator that allows for the offsite control of the vents, both in terms of direction and volume of air let out of each cold air supply vent. This allows precise control such that if a particular area is running hot, this can be detected (using detectors not shown), and then adjusted for by supplying more cold air directed thereto. - Furthermore, as described in detail in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109 mentioned previously, ladder racks 1660 and
conduit holders 1670 are preferably attached to theframe 1607 for supporting various cables, wires and conduits including power spines and telecommunications wiring. Theconduit holders 1670 are shown, as an example to have room for 4 conduits to run wiring or cabling therethrough. As an alternative to theconduit holders 1670, conduit clamps for conduit holding, and holding of the wires or cables within the conduits, may be used, as also described in U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/384,109. - Also shown in
FIG. 1B are certain vertical posts and frame elements of theframe 1608 for support of the coldair supply ducts 1610 and thethermal barrier ceiling 1640. The vertical posts of theframe 1608 are preferably bolted to thefloor 1605 at the lower end and provide support for thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 at the upper end. Theframe 1608 include a plurality ofsupport pillars 1608A attached to asquare frame 1608B within which the coldair supply ducts 1610 are supported, as shown inFIG. 1B , as well as athermal barrier mount 1608C on which thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 rests. Theframe 1608 also includes other vertical posts that are used to support horizontal beams on which thethermal barrier ceiling 1640 preferably rests, such as horizontal beams 1608D1 and 1608D2 illustrated in FIG. 1A2, which have a vertical post at their intersection. -
FIG. 2 shows the primary load-bearing elements of one of theframes 1607 andthermal shields 400 attached thereto for onecabinet cluster 1601—as also shown in FIGS. 1A2 & 1B. For ease of illustration the frame on the back side of the cabinet cluster, from the perspective of the figure, is not shown. Theframe 1607 is preferably bolted to thefloor 1605 byplates 1681 and provides support for thethermal shields 400 which define the hotair containment chamber 1620 which channels the hot air into the ceiling space for exhausting, as described above, as well as provides a support for thethermal barrier ceiling 1640. Theframe 1607 is comprised ofvertical support brackets 1682 R and 1682L (for Right and Left) and 1683 R and 1683 L and horizontal support brackets 1684-1688, withvertical support brackets 1682 R an 1682 L providing support forhorizontal support brackets thermal barrier 1640. Thethermal shields 400 are bolted to themembers FIG. 1A ) as well as conduit holders (1670 in FIG. 1A2) are preferably attached tovertical support brackets 1682R and 1682L, as described above with reference toFIG. 1B , preferably above thehorizontal member 1685. As described above, theframe 1607 may be made of structurally sound material, such as steel with a welded construction of the various parts as described, molded plastic, or other materials. The configuration of theframe 1607 shown in FIGS. 1A1-2, 1B and 2 is only one example of a frame configuration that can support the thermal barrier, the thermal shields and the conduits while allowing the cabinets in the cabinet cluster to be moved in and out of place—and as such other configurations of the frame are envisaged which can provide the support desired in this embodiment. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view (not to scale) of part of a group ofmovable equipment cabinets 1602, with one cabinet rolled out into the cold aisle, according to embodiments described herein. Cabinets typically have a width of 19″-24″, though they can be as large as 30″. If an area does not have a cabinet within it, a thermal barrier cabinet panel 1690 (shown in dotted line) the size of the cabinet removed is preferably inserted to avoid hot air from the hot-air aisle escaping back toward a cold aisle, rather than to the above hotair containment chamber 1620 and into theceiling area 1630. The thermalbarrier cabinet panel 1690 has insulating characteristics like that of the thermal shield described above. This same type of thermalbarrier cabinet panel 1690 can be used if cabinets of various sizes are used, and at an end an area needs to be closed off. The group of cabinets is configured in a row betweensupport beams 1682 and 1683 of theframe 1607, as described above with reference to FIGS. 1A2 and 2. The arrow shows the direction of movement of the cabinet in and out of the row. In a preferred embodiment, thecabinets 1602 are provided withwheels 1702 for ease of movement, which are also lockable to keep the cabinets in position, though cabinets without wheels can also be used. Although not shown inFIG. 3 , the cabinets are typically comprised of a frame supporting electronics within and are covered in wire mesh on the front and the back to allow for air flow through the cabinet, with the sidewalls preferably being sealed to allow the air to flow therethrough. -
FIG. 4A illustrates a top view of a floor design used in the data center or co-location facility.FIG. 4B illustrates a cross-sectional view along X-X fromFIG. 4A .FIG. 5 illustrates a perspective view of part of the support frame and thermal shields of the data center ofFIGS. 4A-4B .FIGS. 4A-B and 56(e-g) shown another embodiment that corresponds toFIGS. 4A, 4B and 5 , with numbering of similar limitations as 17xx whereas in FIGS. 1A2, 1B and 2 the number is 16xx. The difference, however, is that the middle twovertical support brackets 1682 R and 1682L (for Right and Left) and 1683 R and 1683 L within the hot-aisle are removed, and replaced instead with astructural beam 1780, which open up the hot aisle to allow for the placement of cabinets more easily, and also provide further support as the various different frames for each cabinet cluster are further connected via the beam to each other, as well as other vertical support posts, as shown. - Although the embodiments have been particularly described with reference to embodiments thereof, it should be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes, modifications and substitutes are intended within the form and details thereof, without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that in numerous instances some features will be employed without a corresponding use of other features. Further, those skilled in the art will understand that variations can be made in the number and arrangement of components illustrated in the above figures.
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