US 11,363,737 B2Granted

Data centre

AssigneeBripco Bvba

InventorPaul Rogers

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Abstract

A data centre comprises a plurality of sections assembled together to define a unitary structure such that there exists at least one personnel area that spans at least two sections; wherein the sections comprise a first section with which there is associated a first service-carrying chassis and a second section with which there is associated a second service-carrying chassis, each of the first and second service-carrying chassis comprising a frame onto which is mounted components of at least two different services; the first and second chassis are connected to each other by means of a junction between the first and second chassis; and the first and second sections each include a ceiling and the first service carrying chassis is mounted on the ceiling of the first section and the second service carrying chassis is mounted on the ceiling of the second section.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A method of constructing a modular data centre for accommodating a plurality of rows of racks of IT equipment, wherein the modular data centre comprises a plurality of modules and at least one personnel area spanning two or more modules, each module comprises a data centre ceiling section and a plurality of supporting members for supporting the data centre ceiling sections above a floor, and each data centre ceiling section is structured and configured to cooperate with the racks of IT equipment to define alternating hot and cold aisles, wherein the method comprises:

arranging the data centre ceiling sections and the supporting members into a first transport configuration having a first transport sum volume, wherein in the first transport configuration, the supporting members are detached from the data centre ceiling sections;
transporting the data centre ceiling sections and the supporting members to an installation location with the data centre ceiling sections and the supporting members so arranged in the first transport configuration;
arranging the data centre ceiling sections and the supporting members into a second assembled configuration to form the modular data centre at the installation location, the second assembled configuration having a second assembled sum volume;
wherein the first transport sum volume is less than the second assembled sum volume, and wherein in the first transport configuration, each ceiling section is transportable independently of the plurality of supporting members.

1 more element

A method of constructing multiple sections of a data centre building at an installation location, wherein

the data centre building is configured to accommodate a plurality racks of IT equipment arranged in rows separated by alternating hot and cold aisles,
the data centre building has a personnel area spanning at least two of said sections, the personnel area is selected from:
a cold aisle, a hot aisle, an air supply corridor for transporting air to a cold aisle, and an air exhaust corridor for transporting air from a hot aisle,
and, each section includes a data centre ceiling portion supported above a floor on a plurality of supporting members, the data centre ceiling portion being structured and configured so that, in conjunction with the racks of IT equipment and the floor, the data centre ceiling portion separates a hot aisle from a cold aisle;
wherein the method comprises:
reconfiguring at the installation location a plurality of data centre ceiling portions and supporting members from:
1) a first transport configuration in which the data centre ceiling portions and supporting members occupy a first sum volume, to
2) a second assembled configuration in which the data centre ceiling portions and supporting members form a section of the data centre building and occupy second sum volume,
wherein the first sum volume is smaller than the second sum volume;
wherein, in the first transport configuration, the supporting members are detached from the ceiling sections;
and, wherein in the first transport configuration, each ceiling section is transportable independently of the plurality of supporting members.

8 more elements

A method of constructing a portion of a data centre building, wherein said data centre building portion comprises two or more data centre ceiling portions supported above a floor by a plurality of supporting members, the two or more data centre ceiling portions being structured and configured to cooperate with the floor and racks of IT equipment to separate a hot air zone from a cold air zone, at least one of the hot air zone and the cold air zone including a personnel area extending below and between the two or more data centre ceiling portions, wherein the method comprises:

transporting the two or more data centre ceiling portions and the supporting members to an installation location, the two or more data centre ceiling portions and supporting members being arranged in a transport configuration having a transport sum volume, wherein, in the transport configuration, the supporting members are detached from the ceiling sections, and,
assembling together the two or more data centre ceiling portions and the supporting members at the installation location to form said data centre building portion, the data centre building portion occupying an assembled sum volume;
wherein, the transport sum volume is smaller than the assembled sum volume;
and, wherein in the first transport configuration each ceiling section is transportable independently of the plurality of supporting members.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/747,768Filed 21 Jan 2020 · continuation
Priority: GB 11135565 Aug 2011
Published: US 2020/0205310 A125 Jun 2020
Granted: 14 Jun 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification16 codes

H05K 7/1497
Servers; Data center rooms, e.g. 19-inch computer racks: rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor
E04B 1/34315
Structures characterised by movable, separable, or collapsible parts, e.g. for transport: characterised by separable parts
E04B 1/34869
Structures composed of units comprising at least considerable parts of two sides of a room, e.g. box-like or cell-like units closed or in…
E04H 1/005
Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys: modulation…

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PCT/GB2012/051894Parent of this continuation · filed 3 Aug 2012
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US 9,347,233 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 24 May 2016
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