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Data center

US8842420B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateAug 1, 2011
Grant dateSep 23, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 1, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2200/201
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data center inside a shipping container having a lower plenum and an upper plenum in its interior. Heated air in the upper plenum exits therefrom into a plurality of heat exchangers adjacent thereto. Air cooled by the heat exchangers travels toward and enters the lower plenum. The data center includes a plurality of carriages each having an equipment receiving portion located between an open bottom portion in open communication with the lower plenum, and an open top portion in open communication with the upper plenum. Fans inside each of the carriages draw cooled air up from the lower plenum into the open bottom portion of the carriage, blow the cooled air up through the equipment receiving portion thereby cooling any computing equipment received therein, and vent the cooled air through the open top portion into the upper plenum.

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