Modular data center deployment method and system for waterborne data center vessels

• US 9,439,322 B1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nautilus True LLC
• Original Assignee: Nautilus Data Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Magcale, Arnold C., Kekai, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gafur, Razmeen
• Application Number:
  US14/591,525
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 361676-678, 36167946-67954, 361688-723, 361/756, 361/741, 361/686, 361/687, 361/725, 361/787, 361/789, 361/794, 361807-810, 165 801- 805, 165/104.33, 165/185, 174 151- 153, 174 161- 163, 174/547, 174/548, 257712-722, 257/E23.088, 244/53, 24458-459, 454/184, 312/236
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1491 having cable management arrangements management of optical cables G02B6/444; in telecommunication cabinets H04Q1/06
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1492 having electrical distribution arrangements, e.g. power supply or data communications
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1497 Rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20781 within cabinets for removing heat from server blades

Abstract

A modular data center build method and system including pre fabricated data center modules comprised of a plurality of racks, a plurality of rack mounted computer systems, a door, electrical systems, cooling systems, power connections, water connections, video systems, biometric access system and a fire safety system. A steel beam structure may be employed to secure multiple vertical levels of a plurality of data center modules. The described modular data center build method and system with pre fabricated data center modules may be employed to quickly deploy a data center in a repeatable sustainable manner, drastically reducing the build deployment time of a data center from design to fully operational.

Claims

1. A modular data center, comprising:

a data center module, which further comprises;

a top wall, a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, and a bottom wall;

a door;

a plurality of power connections comprised in an electrical system power distribution unit;

cooling distribution means comprising coolant distribution piping embedded in the top wall, left side wall, right side wall, and bottom wall;

a plurality of racks comprising;

means for fastening a corresponding plurality of rack mountable computer systems; and

a plurality of wheels for enabling each individual rack of the plurality of racks to be slid;

a means for housing a fire suppressant system;

a means for housing an internal video system;

a means for housing an external video system; and

a biometric access system.

2. The modular data center of claim 1 wherein the left side wall, the right side wall, front wall, and back wall are perpendicularly connected to the top wall and the bottom wall.

3. The modular data center of claim 1 wherein the cooling distribution means further comprises a plurality of water connections, compatible with an external closed looped cooling system for cold water supply and hot water return.

4. The modular data center of claim 1 wherein each rack of the plurality of racks is comprised in a beam structure configured to allow a plurality of data center modules to be secured in vertically stacked rows.

5. The modular data center of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of flexible cable management ladders configured to manage network or power cabling such that each cable management ladder of the plurality of flexible cable management ladders is configured to allow each individual rack to slide forward to provide an access a back portion of the computer systems.

6. The modular data center of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of wireless sensors configured to collect data for a data center infrastructure management suite.

7. The modular data center of claim 6 wherein the data center infrastructure management suite is configured to control the electrical system power distribution unit, the cooling distribution means, the fire suppressant system, the internal video system, and the external video system installed in the data center data center module.