Data center facility design configuration

• US 9,795,061 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2015
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Switch Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Switch Company Limited
• Inventors: Roy, Rob
• Primary Examiner(s): Haughton, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gafur, Razmeen
• Application Number:
  US14/946,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20160157387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 361676-678, 36167946-67954, 361688-723, 165 801- 805, 16510433, 165185, 174 151- 153, 174 161- 163, 174547, 174548, 257712-722, 257E23088, 24453, 24458-459, 454184, 312236
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20745 within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. by air conditioning device
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20827 within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. air conditioning devices

Abstract

The methods and apparatuses described herein is a data center. In one embodiment is described a data center comprising: a building having a plurality of rooms and first and second exterior load walls disposed on opposite sides of the building; a plurality of air handler and fluid cooler devices disposed exterior to the building along the first exterior load wall; a plurality of condenser unit devices disposed exterior to the building along the second exterior load wall; a data sector disposed inside the building, adjacent to the first exterior load wall; three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms, each containing UPS and substation distribution equipment therein, as well as air conditioning equipment that is connected to certain of the plurality of condenser unit devices; and a power spine room disposed between the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms and the data sector, the power spine room including a plurality of PDU devices.

Claims

1. A data center comprising:

a building having a first exterior load wall and a second exterior load wall, the first exterior load wall disposed on an opposite side of the building than the second exterior load wall;

a plurality of rooms inside the building, the rooms comprising;

a data sector room disposed inside the building, the data sector room configured to house data processing devices;

three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms disposed inside the building, each containing UPS and substation distribution equipment, and air conditioning equipment that is connected to certain of the plurality of condenser unit devices; and

a power spine room disposed between the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms and the data sector, the power spine room including a plurality of PDU devices, configured to receive power;

three separate power switching rooms disposed inside the building, each power switching room containing power switching equipment configured to supply power to the power spine room and further configured to switch to a redundant power source to supply power from the redundant power source to the power spine room;

a plurality of air handler and fluid cooler devices disposed exterior to the building; and

a plurality of condenser unit devices disposed exterior to the building.

2. The data center of claim 1 wherein the plurality of air handler and fluid cooler devices are disposed exterior to the building along the first exterior load wall and the plurality of condenser unit devices are disposed exterior to the building along the second exterior load wall.

3. The data center of claim 1 wherein the redundant power source is a backup generator.

4. The data center of claim 1 wherein the redundant power source is a first backup generator, a second backup generator and a third backup generator, each of the three generators associated with one of the three power switching rooms.

5. The data center of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of cabinet clusters configured to accept placement of a plurality of rows of cabinets therein, the cabinet clusters separating the cabinets by a hot aisle, each cabinet cluster further including a hot aisle containment chamber, generally aligned with and above the hot aisle, that opens into a hot air plenum cavity such that hot air upwardly moves into each of the hot aisles and into the hot air return plenum cavity that is physically separated from the data sector therebelow by a data sector ceiling.

6. The data center of claim 5 further comprising an interior frame that suspends the hot aisle containment chambers above a corresponding cabinet cluster, the interior frame structure is independent of and not structurally tied to any cabinets located within each cabinet cluster.

7. The data center of claim 6 further comprising a plurality of cooling vents disposed below the data sector ceiling, the plurality of cooling vents supported by the interior frame structure.

8. The data center of claim 7 wherein the interior frame structure includes a plurality of support brackets.

9. The data center of claim 8 wherein the interior frame structure includes a plurality of horizontal support brackets disposed above a cabinet height that each intersect a middle hot aisle portion of a plurality of adjacent cabinet clusters.

10. The data center of claim 9 wherein the interior frame structure includes for each cabinet cluster:

a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed along each of the two rows, each vertical support bracket having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to a floor and the second end supporting a thermal barrier ceiling, and the first plurality of vertical support brackets also connected to and supporting a thermal shield on one side of the first plurality of vertical support brackets, the thermal shield at a location above a top of the plurality of cabinets;

a plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, which establish a plurality of different tiers outside of the hot air containment chamber, the different tiers configured to support electronic equipment power wires and conduits and the communication wiring; and

a second plurality of vertical support brackets arranged in a row, the second plurality of vertical support brackets having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the floor and the second end supporting the thermal barrier ceiling, the second plurality of vertical support brackets also connected to and supporting portions of the cool air ductwork.

11. The data center of claim 7 wherein the interior frame structure includes for each cabinet cluster:

a first plurality of vertical support brackets disposed along each of the two rows, each vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the first plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the thermal shield on one side of the first plurality of vertical support brackets at a location above a top of the plurality of cabinets;

a plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, each connected to another side of at least some of the first plurality of vertical support brackets that is opposite the one side, which establish a plurality of different tiers outside of the hot air containment chamber, so that each of the different tiers is adapted to hold the electronic equipment power wires and conduits and the communication wiring, and a plurality of conduit holders for holding a plurality of the distribution power wires and conduits, each of the plurality of conduit holders connected to another side of at least some of the first plurality of vertical support brackets that is opposite the one side, each of the plurality of conduit holder disposed above the plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, each of the plurality of conduit holders being aligned with other ones of the plurality of conduit holders; and

a second plurality of vertical support brackets disposed in a row, substantially parallel to the two rows, each second vertical support bracket being disposed on the floor at one end and assists in supporting the thermal barrier ceiling at another end, wherein the second plurality of vertical support brackets each further support portions of the cool air ductwork.

12. The data center of claim 5 wherein the hot air plenum cavity includes an opening associated with the plurality of air handler and fluid cooler devices disposed exterior to the building, wherein the openings are disposed along and through an exterior load wall;

and further comprising at least one fan located on an opposite wall of the hot air plenum cavity that fan configured to push hot air located within the hot air plenum cavity toward the openings in the exterior load wall.

13. The data center of claim 5 further comprising a two or more of independent roofs located above the hot air plenum cavity.

14. The data center of claim 1 wherein the power spine completely separates the data sector from the three separate power switching rooms and the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms.

15. The data center of claim 14 further comprising a common wall separating each of the three separate power switching rooms and the power spine room, the common wall having no doors.

16. The data center of claim 15 further comprising a common wall separating the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms and the power spine room, such that only one door exists within the common wall between the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms and the power spine room.

17. The data center of claim 15 further comprising a common wall between the data sector and the power spine room, the common wall between the data sector and the power spine room having no doors.

18. The data center of claim 16 further comprising an access hall that provides a path of entry into the three separate power switching rooms and the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms, the access hall separating the three separate power switching rooms and the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms on one side and an exterior wall on the other side.

19. The data center of claim 1 further comprising air conditioning equipment that is connected to one or more of the plurality of condenser units, such that coolant is passed underground between the air conditioning equipment and the one or more of the plurality of condenser units.

20. The data center of claim 1 further comprising a backup power generator that is located exterior to the building, the backup power generator connected to the power switching equipment by underground power lines.

21. The data center of claim 1 wherein the data sector contains no running water other than as required for compliance with fire regulations.

22. A data center comprising:

a building having a plurality of rooms inside the building, the rooms comprising;

a data sector room inside the building to house data processing devices;

three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms disposed inside the building, each containing UPS and substation distribution equipment, and air conditioning equipment that is connected to certain of the plurality of condenser unit devices; and

a power spine room disposed between the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms and the data sector, the power spine room including a plurality of PDU devices, configured to receive power;

three separate power switching rooms disposed inside the building, each power switching room containing power switching equipment configured to supply electrical power to the power spine room and further configured to switch to a redundant power source to supply power from the redundant power source to the power spine room;

two or more air handler and fluid cooler devices disposed exterior to the building; and

two or more condenser unit devices disposed exterior to the building.

23. The data center of claim 22, wherein the redundant power source comprises three backup generators.

24. The data center of claim 22, wherein the redundant power source comprises four backup generators.

25. The data center of claim 23, wherein a backup generator is associated with each of the three separate power switching rooms.

26. The data center of claim 22, further comprising a plurality of air handler and fluid cooler devices disposed exterior to the building and a plurality of condenser unit devices disposed exterior to the building.

27. The data center of claim 26, wherein the plurality of air handler and fluid cooler devices are located on an opposite exterior wall than the plurality of condenser unit devices.

28. The data center of claim 22, wherein the three separate power switching rooms form a tri-redundant switching system.

29. The data center of claim 28, wherein the tri-redundant power switching rooms are color coded with RGB.

30. The data center of claim 23, further comprising a dedicated power line interconnecting each of the three separate power switching rooms to a corresponding one of the redundant power sources.

31. The data center of claim 22, wherein the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms consist of a first room with a first associated color, a second separate room with a second associated color, and a third separate room with a third associated color.

32. A data center comprising:

a building having a plurality of rooms inside the building, the rooms comprising;

a data sector room inside the building to house data electronic data processing devices;

a first, second and third UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms, each of which are separate, disposed inside the building, the first UPS and substation distribution equipment room associated with a first color, the second UPS and substation distribution equipment room associated with a second color, the third UPS and substation distribution equipment room associated with a third color, and each UPS and substation distribution equipment room containing UPS and substation distribution equipment; and

a power spine room disposed between the three separate UPS and substation distribution equipment rooms and the data sector, the power spine room including a plurality of PDU devices, configured to receive power;

a first, second, and third power switching rooms, each of which are separate, disposed inside the building, the first power switching room associated with the first color, the second power switching room associated with the second color, the third power switching room associated with the third color, each power switching room containing power switching equipment configured to supply electrical power to the power spine room and further configured to switch to a redundant power source to supply power from the redundant power source to the power spine room;

two or more air handler and fluid cooler devices disposed exterior to the building; and

two or more condenser unit devices disposed exterior to the building.

33. The data center of claim 32, wherein an the first color is red, the second color is gray, and the third color is blue.