Secondary power generation configurations for data centers

Abstract

A data center comprises a data hall building and a secondary power generation building housing a plurality of secondary power generation devices. The secondary power generation building may house a switchboard, and a plurality of medium-to-low-voltage distribution transformers coupled to utility power and configured to step-down the utility power to a transmission voltage. One or more cables may transport power from the secondary power generation building to the data hall building at the transmission voltage. One or more transformers may be coupled to one or more of the plurality of secondary power generation devices and configured to step up power generated by the one or more secondary power generation devices to a transmission voltage. One or more cables may transport the stepped-up power from the one or more secondary power generation devices to the data hall building at the transmission voltage.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.