US 2026/0099183 A1 · Energy Dispatch for Data Centers

Abstract

A computer-implemented system for dispatching devices in a computer data center, has a plurality of energy-using devices, a plurality of energy-providing devices, and a dispatcher programmed to (a) identify future energy loads for the computer data center and available energy-using and energy-generating devices using data received from sources internal to the computer data center and sources external to the computer data center, (b) select particular ones of the available energy-using and energy-generating devices to serve the identified future energy loads, and (c) generate control signals to cause the selected particular ones of the available energy-using and energy-generating devices to serve the identified future energy loads.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented system for dispatching devices in a computer data center, the system comprising:

a plurality of energy-using devices that provide cooling and related support to computers in the computer data center;
a plurality of energy-providing devices that provide power to the energy-using devices;
and
a dispatcher programmed to
(a) identify future energy loads for the computer data center and available energy-using and energy-generating devices using data received from sources internal to the computer data center and sources external to the computer data center,
(b) select particular ones of the available energy-using and energy-generating devices to serve the identified future energy loads, and
(c) generate control signals to cause the selected particular ones of the available energy-using and energy-generating devices to serve the identified future energy loads.

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A computer-implemented method for dispatching energy-using and energy-providing devices in a computer data center, the method comprising:

determining a level of energy needed to be delivered to provide future continuous operation of the computer data center;
selecting, from among the plurality of energy-using devices, one or more devices to provide cooling for the computer data center to meet the level of energy needed to be delivered;
selecting, from among the plurality of energy-producing devices, one or more devices to provide electrical power for operating the selected one or more devices to provide cooling;
and
generating control information from a central dispatcher for the computer data center, to cause the selected one or more devices to provide cooling and the selected one or more devices to provide electrical power, to be operated in coordination for a determined time period.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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