Container-type data center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9572279-B2
Application number	US-201314776019-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2013
Priority date	Apr 24, 2013
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

A container-type data center enabling transportation while having IT equipment stored therein, Vibration isolation table units laid on a floor surface in a storage unit of a container are composed of a lower plate and an upper plate, and multiple spring vibration isolators are fixed between the plates. The lower plates of adjacent vibration isolation table units are fixed via a lower fixing member, and upper palates of adjacent units are fixed via an upper fixing member. Two racks are loaded per single vibration isolation table unit. By adopting this configuration, even when shock is applied on the container, the vibration transmitted from the container can be absorbed by the spring vibration isolator. Thus, even when the container is transported with the IT equipment and the like stored in the rack, it becomes possible to prevent the occurrence of failures such as fluctuation of the IT equipment, fall of the equipment by vibration, or detachment of internal components.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A container data center including:
a transportable container having a floor surface, wherein the container forms an outermost extent of the container data center such that the container data center is transportable;
an air conditioning facility;
multiple racks adapted to accommodate IT equipment and disposed within an interior of the container;
multiple vibration isolation table units disposed on the floor surface of the container, wherein the vibration isolation table units are respectively composed of a lower plate and an upper plate, with multiple spring vibration isolators arranged between the lower plate and the upper plate, wherein at least one of the racks adapted to accommodate the IT equipment is disposed on one of the vibration isolation table units; and
a connecting assembly that connects adjacent vibration isolation table units of the multiple vibration table units together, wherein respective lower plates of adjacent vibration isolation table units are mutually connected together via the connecting assembly, and wherein respective upper plates of the adjacent vibration isolation table units are mutually connected together via the connecting assembly such that the adjacent vibration isolation table units form an integrated vibration isolation table.

2. The container data center according to claim 1 , wherein
at least two racks of the multiple racks are disposed on each vibration isolation table unit.

3. The container data center according to claim 2 , wherein
each of the at least two racks are arranged with clearances therebetween.

4. The container data center according to claim 3 , wherein
the at least two racks are spaced apart along a plane defined by a major surface, of the at least one vibration isolation table, that supports the at least two racks such that the clearances extend along the plane between the at least two racks.

5. The container data center according to claim 1 , wherein
at least two racks of the multiple racks are disposed on at least one of the vibration isolation table units and are arranged with clearances therebetween.

6. The container data center according to claim 5 , wherein
the at least two racks are spaced apart along a plane defined by a major surface, of the at least one vibration isolation table, that supports the at least two racks such that the clearances extend along the plane between the at least two racks.

7. The container data center according to claim 1 , wherein
the connecting assembly includes an upper connecting member that joins adjacent upper plates together such that the adjacent vibration isolation table units form an integrated vibration isolation table.

8. The container data center according to claim 7 , wherein
the upper connecting member is disposed on a surface, of each corresponding upper plate, that faces toward the corresponding lower plate.

9. The container data center according to claim 1 , wherein
the connecting member is disposed between the lower plate and the upper plate.

10. The container data center according to claim 1 , further including the IT equipment installed in an interior of the container data center.

11. The container data center according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting assembly engages adjacent end portions of the respective upper plates such that the respective upper plates are mutually fixed via the connecting assembly.

Assignees

• Hitachi Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Tabe Kenichi
• Kobayashi Takeshi
• Asano Yutaka

Classifications

• H05K7/20745

  within rooms for removing heat from cabinets, e.g. by air conditioning device · CPC title

• H05K7/1497 Primary

  Rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor · CPC title