Data center powered by a renewable energy source
AssigneeSage Geosystems Inc.
InventorsRobert Lance COOK, Cynthia D. TAFF, Lev M. RING
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Abstract
A power plant generates direct current electrical power. A data center receives the direct current electrical power from the power plant. At least a portion of the direct current electrical power is used to charge a battery which provides power to one or more racks of a computer system at the data center. The data center may also include a controller configured to implement a plurality of computer executable instructions that, when implemented by the controller, cause the data center to operate using the received direct current electrical power.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a power plant configured to produce direct current electrical power;
- and
- a data center electrically coupled to the power plant, and configured to receive the direct current electrical power;
- wherein the data center includes a first battery of a rack of a computer system, the first battery configured to receive a first portion of the direct current electrical power.
A system, comprising:
- a power plant configured to produce direct current electrical power;
- a data center electrically coupled to the power plant;
- and
- a controller comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a plurality of operations to be conducted, the plurality of operations comprising:
- receiving, at the data center, direct current electrical power from the power plant;
- charging a first battery at the data center using at least a first portion of the direct current electrical power;
- and
- providing power from the first battery to a rack of a computer system of the data center.
A method of operating a data center, comprising:
- receiving, at the data center, direct current electrical power from a power plant;
- charging a first battery at the data center using at least a first portion of the direct current electrical power;
- and
- providing power from the first battery to a rack of a computer system of the data center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.