Targeted Cooling for Datacenters
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Abstract
A method of cooling electronic equipment is disclosed and includes substantially continuously circulating ambient air across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, monitoring the temperature of air in or around a group of devices in the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, and providing substantially cooler-than-ambient air to the group of devices when the monitored air temperatures rises above a set value.
15 Citations
40 Claims
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21. A method of cooling electronic equipment, comprising:
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circulating ambient air directly from a workspace across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices located in a rack that is open to the workspace during circulation of the ambient air, the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices serviceably accessible in the rack; monitoring a temperature at or near a first group of rack-mounted electronic devices of the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices; circulating cooler-than-ambient air from a cooler-than ambient air outlet positioned to provide the cooler-than-ambient air to the first group of rack-mounted electronic devices when the monitored temperature exceeds a threshold temperature; and circulating, during circulation of the cooler-than-ambient air, the ambient air to a second group of rack-mounted electronic devices of the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices that is different than the first group of rack-mounted electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A data center cooling system, comprising:
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a first cooling system positioned to circulate ambient air directly from a workspace across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices located in a rack that is open to the workspace, the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices serviceably accessible in the rack; a second cooling system positioned to circulate cooler-than-ambient air to the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices located in the rack; and a control system communicably coupled to the first and second cooling systems and operable to perform operations comprising; monitoring a temperature at or near a first group of rack-mounted electronic devices of the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices; operating the second cooling system to circulate cooler-than-ambient air to the first group of rack-mounted electronic devices when the monitored temperature exceeds a threshold temperature; and operating the first cooling system to circulate, during circulation of the cooler-than-ambient air, the ambient air to a second group of rack-mounted electronic devices of the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices that is different than the first group of rack-mounted electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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Specification