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US 7,525,207 B2Granted
Water-based data center
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJimmy Clidaras, David W. Stiver, William Hamburgen
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Abstract
A system includes a floating platform-mounted computer data center comprising a plurality of computing units, a sea-based electrical generator in electrical connection with the plurality of computing units, and one or more sea-water cooling units for providing cooling to the plurality of computing units.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a computer data center proximate to a body of water comprising a plurality of computing units;
- a sea-based electrical generator in electrical connection with the plurality of computing units;
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- one or more sea-water cooling units for providing cooling to the plurality of computing units.
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A method of maintaining a computer data center, comprising:
- generating electrical power using the wave, tidal, or current motion of water adjacent a data center;
- providing the generated electrical power to the data center;
- and
- circulating the water adjacent the data center through a heat exchanger to produce cooling for the data center equipment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.