Managing power between data center loads
US9563216B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05F1/66
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Techniques for managing power loads of a data center include electrically coupling a data center infrastructure power load and a data center IT power load in a power distribution system having a specified power capacity, the infrastructure power load including a plurality of infrastructure power loads associated with at least one of a data center cooling system, a data center lighting system, or a data center building management system, and the IT power load including a plurality of IT power loads associated with a plurality of rack-mounted computing devices; determining that a predicted amount of the IT power load is about equal to or greater than a threshold power value; throttling the infrastructure power load to reduce a portion of the power capacity used by the infrastructure power load; and based on throttling the infrastructure power load, increasing another portion of the power capacity available to the IT power load.
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