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US 2019/0159365 A1Published application
Data Center and Method for Cooling Said Data Center
AssigneeSwitch Datacenter Group B.V.
InventorsGrzegorz Wilhelm Snip, Coenraad Arjen Binnerts
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Abstract
The invention relates to a data center for IT and/or telecoms equipment, especially servers, comprising a building with an intermediate floor arranged for carrying IT and/or telecoms equipment, especially servers, as well as cooling means for cooling the IT and/or telecoms equipment, especially servers, in order to counteract overheating of the IT and/or telecoms equipment, especially servers.
Claims31
A data center, comprising:
- at least one building, said building comprising one or more side walls,
- at least one, at least partially open first intermediate floor constructed in the building and arranged for carrying IT and/or telecoms equipment, and
- at least one second intermediate floor constructed in the building, located under the at least partially open first intermediate floor, and on said second intermediate floor at least one indirect evaporative cooler is installed, said evaporative cooler being arranged for leading a primary air flow coming from the IT and/or telecoms equipment that is to be cooled and at a distance from the primary air flow to be cooled, leading a secondary air flow that is led via at least one inlet into the evaporative cooler and is led via at least one outlet from the evaporative cooler, wherein the primary air flow and the secondary air flow are separated by means of at least one partition wall, forming part of the evaporative cooler, wherein at least one part of a part of the partition wall facing the secondary air flow is preferably covered with at least one hygroscopic covering, and
- at least one water reservoir arranged for moistening the partition wall, and in particular the hygroscopic covering,
- first air flow generating means for generating the primary air flow, so that the primary air flow is led through the at least one evaporative cooler,
- second air flow generating means for generating the secondary air flow, so that the secondary air flow is led through the at least one evaporative cooler,
- wherein a first side wall of the building is provided with at least one intake for the secondary air flow, and wherein a second side wall of the building is provided with a discharge opening for the secondary air flow.
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A method for cooling a data center, wherein the method comprises the steps:
- A. leading a secondary air flow via at least one intake provided in the first side wall of a building of the data center into a space above the second intermediate floor of the data center,
- B. leading the secondary air flow through at least one indirect evaporative cooler, and along at least one, preferably moistened, partition wall,
- C. discharging the secondary air flow moistened during step B) via at least one discharge opening provided in the second side wall of a building of the data center,
- D. discharging the primary air to be cooled, which is located above the first intermediate floor, and behind IT and/or telecoms equipment placed thereon, via the first intermediate floor located above the second intermediate floor,
- E. leading the primary air flow through the at least one indirect evaporative cooler, and along a side turned away from the secondary air flow of the at least one, preferably moistened, partition wall of the at least one evaporative cooler, wherein the primary air flow is cooled,
- F. returning the cooled primary air flow via the first intermediate floor to a front of the IT and/or telecoms equipment,
- wherein at least steps B) and E) are carried out simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.