Data center

US8842430B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CIRRASCALE CORPORATION

Inventors

• Stephen V. R. Hellriegel · Bainbridge Island, US
• Mario L. Jaena · Kent, US
• Brian D. Koblenz · Seattle, US
• David Louis Anderson · Los Altos Hills, US
• David Driggers · San Diego, US
• Hampton Walker Haddock, Jr. · Birmingham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2200/201
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A data center inside a shipping container having a lower plenum and an upper plenum in its interior, individual computing devices, and a humidity. Humidity inside the container is controlled by a humidity sensing device that reports the humidity level to a central controller. The central controller is connected to a humidity control device and the individual computing devices. Based on the humidity level, the central controller will adjust the output of the humidity control device to maintain the humidity internal to the container at a pre-determined level. The central controller energizes and de-energizes individual computing devices depending on the humidity level inside the container and other factors associated with the operation of computing devices. The central controller is also connected to, and communicates with, an external communication network.