Side-cooled modular data center
AssigneeBaselayer Technology, LLC
InventorsWilliam Slessman, Andreas Zoll
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Abstract
A modular data center includes a cooling module with a cooling module enclosure and a first cooling unit housed within the cooling module enclosure. The cooling module enclosure includes a first interface side wall with a first cooling module supply opening that receives a first portion of cooling air from the first cooling unit. The center further includes a data module with a data module enclosure for housing data equipment. The data module enclosure includes a second interface side wall with a first data module supply opening that receives the first portion of cooling air from the first cooling module supply opening such that the first portion of cooling air flows into the data module enclosure and removes heat from the data equipment.
Claims18
A modular data center, comprising:
- a cooling module comprising a cooling module enclosure and a first cooling unit housed within the cooling module enclosure, the cooling module enclosure comprising a first interface side wall with a first cooling module supply opening that receives a first portion of cooling air from the first cooling unit;
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- a data module comprising a data module enclosure for housing data equipment, the data module enclosure comprising a second interface side wall with a first data module supply opening that receives the first portion of the cooling air from the first cooling module supply opening such that the first portion of the cooling air flows into the data module enclosure and removes heat from the data equipment,
- wherein the first interface side wall faces the second interface side wall, and
- wherein at least portions of the first cooling unit, the first cooling module supply opening, the first data module supply opening, and the data equipment are linearly aligned with one another.
A modular data center, comprising:
- a cooling module comprising:
- a cooling module frame;
- a cooling module partitioning structure at least partially supported by the cooling module frame, the cooling module partitioning structure including a first series of cooling module supply partitions, each forming a cooling module supply channel with a cooling module supply opening at a respective end to result in a series of cooling module supply openings;
- a plurality of cooling units, each respectively arranged in one of the cooling module supply partitions and generating a respective portion of cooling air;
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- a data module comprising a data module enclosure for housing data equipment, the data module enclosure comprising a data module interface side wall that defines a series of data module supply openings,
- wherein the data module and cooling module are attached to one another with each of the series of data module supply openings being aligned with a respective one of the series of cooling module supply openings such that the portions of the cooling air from the cooling units flow through the cooling module supply channels, through the cooling module supply openings, through the data module supply openings and onto the data equipment for the removal of heat from the data equipment,
- wherein the cooling module partitioning structure faces the data module interface side wall, and
- wherein at least portions of each of the series of cooling module supply channels, the series of cooling module supply openings, the plurality of cooling units, the series of data module supply openings, and the data equipment are in a common horizontal plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.