Data center

• US 9,116,536 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2014
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cirrascale Corporation (BOXX Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cirrascale Corporation (BOXX Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hellriegel, Stephen V. R., Jaena, Mario L., Koblenz, Brian D., Anderson, David Louis, Driggers, David, Haddock, Hampton Walker Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): THOMPSON, GREGORY D
• Application Number:
  US14/494,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 336 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 11/30 for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/10 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: F24F 2110/20 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05F 1/66 Regulating electric power
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/183 Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means for buses G06F13/409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/201 Cooling arrangements using cooling fluid
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 35/00 Electric light sources using a combination of different types of light generation
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 41/38 Controlling the intensity of light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1497 Rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20736 within cabinets for removing heat from server blades
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20745 within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. by air conditioning device
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/2079 within rooms for removing heat from cabinets

Abstract

A data center inside a shipping container having computing equipment and associated devices located in its interior. The data center includes computing equipment, an internal network, an external network, power supplies, a lighting system, and a controller. The power supplies and the lighting system connect to the controller, which in turn connects to the internal network. The computing equipment connects to the power supplies. A remote computing device connected to the external network communicates with the controller through the internal network. The remote computing device receives information from the controller and instructs the controller to selectively energize and de-energize the power supplies and the lighting system. The controller may have a user interface configured to display data associated with the computing equipment and other devices and systems located within the container.

Claims

1. A portable data center comprising:

a container comprising an interior portion;

an internal network disposed within the interior portion of the container;

a plurality of power supplies, wherein each power supply is in communication with the internal network;

a plurality of computing devices in communication with the internal network, wherein the plurality of computing devices are configured to receive power from the plurality of power supplies through a respective power receptacle; and

a controller, the controller in communication with the internal network and an external network, the controller configured to send instructions over the internal network to the plurality of power supplies to control power to their respective power receptacles and to communicate with at least one remote computing device through the external network such that the at least one remote computing device receives information from the controller and instructs the controller to selectively energize and de-energize the plurality of power supplies.

2. The portable data center of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to instruct a selection of the plurality of computing devices to turn on or turn off.

3. The portable data center of claim 1, wherein the controller further consists of a user interface configured to display data received from the plurality of computing devices and the plurality of power supplies.

4. The portable data center of claim 3, wherein the user interface is further configured to display data from other systems located in the interior portion of the container.

5. The portable data center of claim 1, wherein the controller further consists of a memory, the memory containing instructions for monitoring the plurality of computing devices and the plurality of power supplies and instructing the controller to report information related to power availability and power consumption to the remote computing devices.

6. The portable data center of claim 5, wherein the memory contains instructions for receiving additional instructions from the remote computing devices to energize and de-energize a selection of the plurality of computing devices and a selection of the plurality of power supplies.

7. The portable data center of claim 1, further comprising a lighting system in communication with the controller wherein the controller is configured to selectively energize and de-energize selected portions of the lighting system.

8. The portable data center of claim 7, the lighting system consisting of light emitting diodes.

9. The portable data center of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to send lighting system information to the at least one remote computing device and to receive instructions to selectively energize and de-energize selected portions of the lighting system.

10. The portable data center of claim 7, wherein the lighting system further consists of emergency lighting for egress from the interior portion of the portable data center upon loss of power.

11. The portable data center of claim 7, wherein the lighting system consists of fluorescent lights.

12. The portable data center of claim 7, wherein the lighting systems consists of a combination of different types of lights.

13. The portable data center of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of power supplies, plurality of computing devices, and controller located in the interior portion of the container is connected wirelessly to the internal network.