System and method for data center heat containment
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Gold, Scott C. Wiley, Marco Antonio Magarelli
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Abstract
The disclosed system may include a group of information technology racks, where (1) each of the information technology racks stores information technology device modules, (2) the group of information technology racks are arranged such that interior faces of the information technology racks define a vertical column of space enclosed by the group of information technology racks, and (3) the information technology racks ventilate air heated by the information technology device modules from the interior faces of the information technology racks into the vertical column of space such that the heated air is contained within the vertical column of space.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a plurality of information technology racks arranged such that a vertical column of space is enclosed by the plurality of information technology racks;
- a gantry robot positioned within the vertical column of space;
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- a floor track system including a hub, the gantry robot engaged in the floor track system and adapted to travel from a position in front of an interior face of a first information technology rack to a position in front of an interior face of a second information technology rack, the travel including:
- swinging a first leg of the gantry robot towards the hub, allowing a second leg of the gantry robot to travel from the position in front of the interior face of the first information technology rack to the position in front of the interior face of the second information technology rack;
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- subsequent to swinging the first leg of the gantry robot towards the hub, swinging the first leg of the gantry robot towards the position in front of the interior face of the second information technology rack.
A method comprising:
- positioning a plurality of information technology racks such that a vertical column of space is enclosed by the plurality of information technology racks;
- positioning a gantry robot within the vertical column of space such that the gantry robot is engaged in a floor track system;
- swinging a first leg of the gantry robot towards a hub included in the floor track system, the swinging allowing a second leg of the gantry robot to travel from a position in front of an interior face of a first information technology rack to a position in front of an interior face of a second information technology rack;
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- subsequent to swinging the first leg of the gantry robot towards the hub, swinging the first leg of the gantry robot towards the position in front of the interior face of the second information technology rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.