INCREMENTAL DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSIONING
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Data center mechanical infrastructure is incrementally deployed and commissioned to support incremental changes in computing capacity in a data center while mitigating interaction between infrastructure being commissioned and installed computer systems. Incremental mechanical infrastructure commissioning can be concurrent with incremental electrical infrastructure commissioning and includes operating mechanical infrastructure to remove heat generated as a result of operating electrical infrastructure to support simulated electrical loads as part of electrical infrastructure commissioning. Incremental mechanical infrastructure deployment can be based on the power support capacity provided by incrementally deployed electrical infrastructure. Incremental infrastructure deployment can include partitioning a space in which incremental mechanical infrastructure is configured to provide cooling, so that heat generation and removal in the space, based on commissioning the incremental mechanical infrastructure, is isolated electrical and cooling support provided to electrical loads located in a remainder of the data center.
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40 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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verifying that mechanical infrastructure in a data center is configured to support cooling of; at least a power distribution system configured to provide electrical power support to a plurality of sets of rack computer systems in a plurality of computer spaces of the data center;
ora particular set of rack computer systems in an individual one of the computer spaces of the data center, wherein the verifying comprises, prior to installation in the data center of the plurality of sets of rack computer systems or prior to installation of the particular set of rack computer systems; simulating electrical power consumption by the plurality of sets of rack computer systems via a plurality of load banks electrically coupled to the power distribution system, such that the power distribution system generates heat as a result of supporting the simulated electrical power consumption;
orsimulating electrical power consumption by the particular set of the rack computer systems in the individual one of the computer spaces via a load bank located in the individual one of the computer spaces and electrically coupled to the power distribution system, such that the power distribution system and the load bank located in the individual one of the computer spaces collectively generate, in the individual computer space, a quantity of heat associated with simulated electrical power consumption by the particular set of rack computer systems in the individual one of the computer spaces; and operating; a set of power system mechanical infrastructure concurrently with the simulated electrical power consumption via the plurality of load banks, such that operating temperatures of each portion of the power distribution system remain less than threshold operating temperatures associated with the respective portion of the power distribution system;
ora computer space mechanical infrastructure, such that the computer space mechanical infrastructure removes the quantity of heat from the individual one of the computer spaces associated with the simulated electrical power consumption. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A data center, comprising:
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a power distribution system configured to provide electrical power support to a plurality of rack computer systems in, or to be installed in, a plurality of computer spaces of the data center; a power system mechanical infrastructure configured to provide cooling support to the power distribution system; at least one computer space; at least one computer space mechanical infrastructure configured to provide cooling support to a particular set of racks installed in, or to be installed in, the at least one computer space; and a set of load banks configured to simulate power consumption by the plurality of rack computer systems in, or to be installed in, the plurality of computer spaces;
ora load bank configured to simulate power consumption and heat generation of the particular set of racks installed in, or to be installed in, the at least one computer space. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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