A data center includes an enclosure defining an interior space, a medium voltage power distribution system in the interior space, a plurality of transformers in the interior space, and a plurality of groups of racks in the interior space. The medium voltage power distribution system is electrically connected to a medium voltage power source outside the enclosure and includes a plurality of interconnected medium voltage power access units. Each transformer is electrically connected to an associated medium voltage power access unit and configured to step-down medium voltage power from the associated power access unit to low voltage power. Each rack includes a plurality of rack-mounted computers. Each group of racks is electrically connected to an associated transformer or to an adjacent rack or group of racks such that the associated transformer provides low voltage power to the group of racks.
H01B 7/30 - Conducteurs ou câbles isolés caractérisés par la forme avec dispositions pour réduire les pertes dans les conducteurs transmettant du courant alternatif, p. ex. dues à l'effet pelliculaire
H01F 27/40 - Association structurelle de composants électriques incorporés, p. ex. fusibles
In a computer-implemented method, an electronic communication from a first computing machine is received and includes a power value and one or more priority values. The power value represents a request for a power allotment expected to be used during a predetermined time and the priority values represent priorities of tasks expected to be executed during the predetermined time. A score for the request is calculated using a scoring function and the received priority values as inputs to the scoring function. The score is compared to one or more other scores respectively associated with requests for power allotments from other computing machines and previously calculated using the scoring function following receipt of one or more electronic communications each including a power value and one or more priority values. A top-ranked score is identified and an electronic communication is sent to the associated computing machine granting the requested power allotment.
H02J 3/12 - Circuits pour réseaux principaux ou de distribution, à courant alternatif pour règler la tension dans des réseaux à courant alternatif par changement d'une caractéristique de la charge du réseau
G06F 1/26 - Alimentation en énergie électrique, p. ex. régulation à cet effet
A data center cooling system includes an evaporative cooling system. The evaporative cooling system includes fans configured to circulate outside air at ambient conditions through an entry zone of a data center, and atomizers positioned upstream of the entry zone configured to spray atomized water into the circulating outside air. The atomized water evaporates in an evaporation zone and cools the outside air to produce cooled air, which is directed through racks of computers positioned downstream of the evaporation zone.
A method of providing cooling by a cooling system to a computer data center. The method includes providing a plurality of air-and-water radiators and one or more chillers, the chillers each having a first side in fluid communication with a chilled water loop and a second side in communication with a condenser water loop. The method also includes circulating a first portion of return water coming from the computer data center to a first subset of the air-and-water radiators and through the condenser water loop, circulating a second portion of the return water from the computer data center to a second subset of the air-and-water radiators and through the chilled water loop, and circulating the first portion and the second portion of the return water to the computer data center as cooled supply water.
A data center includes a bank of computers, a plenum in fluid communication with the bank of computers, and a chimney in fluid communication with the plenum. The chimney is configured to use heat from the bank of computers to sufficiently lower an air pressure in the plenum to cause an air flow across the bank of computers sufficient to cool the bank of computers for normal operation.
A system for cooling air in a data center includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a cooling water source, and a plurality of on-floor cooling units. The cooling water source is configured to retain at maximum capacity a total amount of water. Each on-floor cooling unit is configured to cool air heated by a portion of the electronic equipment in the data center using water from the cooling water source. The total amount of water is insufficient to maintain a leaving air temperature of each on-floor cooling unit below an inside setpoint when a temperature outside of the data center is above a predetermined external temperature.
F24F 11/02 - Aménagements ou montage des dispositifs de commande ou de sécurité
F24F 7/06 - Ventilation avec réseau de gaines à circulation d'air forcée, p. ex. par un ventilateur
F24F 7/10 - Ventilation avec réseau de gaines à circulation d'air forcée, p. ex. par un ventilateur avec amenée ou évacuation de l'air au travers de parois, planchers ou plafonds perforés
A system for providing cooled air to electronic equipment includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a plurality of on- floor cooling units, and a cooling water source. The on-floor cooling units cool air warmed by the electronic equipment. The cooling water source is configured to supply cooling water that reduces a temperature of the on-floor cooling units. The power usage effectiveness ("PUE") of the system is less than 1.3, wherein the PUE is defined by energy used to operate the data center divided by energy used to run the electronic equipment.
F24F 11/02 - Aménagements ou montage des dispositifs de commande ou de sécurité
F24F 7/10 - Ventilation avec réseau de gaines à circulation d'air forcée, p. ex. par un ventilateur avec amenée ou évacuation de l'air au travers de parois, planchers ou plafonds perforés
F24F 7/06 - Ventilation avec réseau de gaines à circulation d'air forcée, p. ex. par un ventilateur
A measurement indicative of a temperature of a computer is received and a thermal health value for the computer is calculated based on the measurement.
A data center cooling system includes a floor structure defining a below-floor warm-air plenum and an above-floor cool air plenum, a plurality of above-floor computer assemblies arranged to exhaust warmed air into the warm-air plenum, and one or more fan-coil arrangements to draw air from the warm-air plenum, cool the air, and provide the air to the cool air plenum. The volume of the above-floor cool air plenum and the below-floor warm air plenum may both be substantial so as to minimize changes in temperature from the failure of components in the system.
F24F 7/10 - Ventilation avec réseau de gaines à circulation d'air forcée, p. ex. par un ventilateur avec amenée ou évacuation de l'air au travers de parois, planchers ou plafonds perforés
F24F 7/06 - Ventilation avec réseau de gaines à circulation d'air forcée, p. ex. par un ventilateur
F24F 11/02 - Aménagements ou montage des dispositifs de commande ou de sécurité
Apparatus and associated method and computer program products involve a highly efficient uninterruptible power distribution architecture to support modular processing units. As an illustrative example, a modular processing unit includes an integrated uninterruptible power system in which a PFC-boost AC-to- DC conversion occurs between the utility AC grid and the processing circuit (e.g., microprocessor) loads. In an illustrative data center facility, a power distribution architecture includes a modular array of rack-mountable processing units, each of which has processing circuitry to handle network-related processing tasks. Associated with each modular processing unit is an integrated uninterruptible power supply (UPS) to supply operating power to the network processing circuitry. Each UPS includes a battery selectively connectable across a DC bus, and a AC-to-DC rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a single output voltage on the DC bus. The regulated DC bus voltage may be close to the battery's fully charged voltage.
H02J 9/06 - Circuits pour alimentation de puissance de secours ou de réserve, p. ex. pour éclairage de secours dans lesquels le système de distribution est déconnecté de la source normale et connecté à une source de réserve avec commutation automatique
G06F 1/26 - Alimentation en énergie électrique, p. ex. régulation à cet effet
H02M 3/335 - Transformation d'une puissance d'entrée en courant continu en une puissance de sortie en courant continu avec transformation intermédiaire en courant alternatif par convertisseurs statiques utilisant des tubes à décharge avec électrode de commande ou des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs avec électrodes de commande pour produire le courant alternatif intermédiaire utilisant des dispositifs du type triode ou transistor exigeant l'application continue d'un signal de commande utilisant uniquement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs
H02J 1/14 - Équilibrage de la charge dans un réseau
H02M 1/42 - Circuits ou dispositions pour corriger ou ajuster le facteur de puissance dans les convertisseurs ou les onduleurs
A system is described that includes a power conversion module, a data port, a controller to receive data from the data port, and a data store containing instructions that when executed by the controller perform operations to control the power conversion module. The operations include executing instructions in a first portion of the data store during booting of the controller, executing instructions in a second portion of the data store after the controller has booted, receiving a signal from the data port indicating the instructions in the second portion are to be modified, receiving from the data port modified instructions to be stored in the second portion, and executing, in response to the signal, the instructions in the first portion to store the modified instructions in the second portion.
G06F 1/26 - Alimentation en énergie électrique, p. ex. régulation à cet effet
G06F 9/06 - Dispositions pour la commande par programme, p. ex. unités de commande utilisant des programmes stockés, c.-à-d. utilisant un moyen de stockage interne à l'équipement de traitement de données pour recevoir ou conserver les programmes
G06F 9/30 - Dispositions pour exécuter des instructions machines, p. ex. décodage d'instructions
G06F 9/44 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques
G06F 15/177 - Commande d'initialisation ou de configuration
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