Real-time control of highly variable thermal loads

A computer system for real-time control of thermal loads in a data center, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• storing, in a database, heat generation data associated with an electronic equipment connected to an electrical grid, the electronic equipment is located in a predetermined area of the data center;
• transmitting the heat generation data from the database to a data analysis system in communication with a tunable temperature controller, wherein the heat generation data provides a real-time input of an amount of heat generated in the predetermined area in association with the electronic equipment;
• receiving, by the data analysis system, the heat generation data, wherein the data analysis system analyzes the heat generation data to determine whether the amount of heat generated in the predetermined area in association with the electronic equipment exceeds current settings of the tunable temperature controller;
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• in response to the amount of heat generated in the predetermined area exceeding the current settings of the tunable temperature controller, updating the current settings of the tunable temperature controller to provide an amount of cooling that compensates for the amount of heat generated in the predetermined area in association with the electronic equipment.

A computer program product for real-time control of thermal loads in a data center, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable non-transitory article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to carry out a method comprising:
• storing, in a database, heat generation data associated with an electronic equipment connected to an electrical grid, the electronic equipment is located in a predetermined area of the data center;
• transmitting the heat generation data from the database to a data analysis system in communication with a tunable temperature controller, wherein the heat generation data provides a real-time input of an amount of heat generated in the predetermined area in association with the electronic equipment;
• receiving, by the data analysis system, the heat generation data, wherein the data analysis system analyzes the heat generation data to determine whether the amount of heat generated in the predetermined area in association with the electronic equipment exceeds current settings of the tunable temperature controller;
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• in response to the amount of heat generated in the predetermined area exceeding the current settings of the tunable temperature controller, updating the current settings of the tunable temperature controller to provide an amount of cooling that compensates for the amount of heat generated in the predetermined area in association with the electronic equipment.