Modular data center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9945142-B2
Application number	US-201113080766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2011
Priority date	Apr 6, 2011
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A building system for housing electronic equipment is described. The building system includes a building stack that includes an instrumentation modular building unit, with an internal configuration of space in the instrumentation modular building unit configured to house electronics equipment, a power modular building unit, with an internal configuration of space in the power modular building unit storing power distribution equipment, power filtering equipment and uninterruptible power supplies and further configured to deliver electronic power to the instrumentation modular building unit; and a cooling modular unit comprising an air conditioner unit and a water chiller unit, with the instrumentation modular building unit, the power unit modular building unit and the cooling modular unit stacked together.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A building system, the building system comprising:
a building stack of three units that are stacked one over the other in a vertical dimension, the building stack comprising:
an instrumentation modular building unit having a plurality of sidewalls, at least one of the sidewalls having an opening to provide a door-way region for accommodating one of infill unit or door, a base connected to the sidewalls, with the instrumentation unit configured to house electronics equipment;
a power modular building unit having a plurality of sidewalls, at least two of the sidewalls each having an opening to provide door-way regions for accommodating one of infill units or doors, and a base connected to the sidewalls, with the power modular building unit configured for housing power distribution equipment, to deliver electric power to the instrumentation unit and a cooling unit; and
a cooling modular unit disposed over both the instrumentation modular building unit and the power unit modular building unit, and having a base and comprising an air conditioner unit and a water chiller unit support on the base, with the base of the cooling modular unit being connected to one of the instrumentation modular building unit and the power unit modular building unit.

2. The building system of claim 1 wherein the power modular building unit is placed on a site foundation, the instrumentation modular building unit is stacked over the power unit modular building unit, and the cooling modular unit is stacked over instrumentation modular building unit forming the vertical stack of three units.

3. The building system of claim 2 wherein disposed between the power modular building unit and instrumentation modular building unit is an air plenum unit.

4. The building system of claim 2 wherein disposed between the power modular building unit and cooling modular unit is an air plenum unit.

5. The building system of claim 2 further comprising:
a generator room configured to house power generators, and with power transformers disposed external to the building system.

6. The building system of claim 1 wherein the instrumentation modular building unit is placed on a site foundation, the power modular building unit is stacked over the instrumentation modular building unit, and the cooling modular unit is stacked over the power modular building unit forming the vertical stack of three units.

7. The building system of claim 6 wherein disposed between the power modular building unit and instrumentation modular building unit is an air plenum unit.

8. The building system of claim 6 wherein disposed between the power modular building unit and cooling modular unit is an air plenum unit.

9. The building system of claim 6 wherein the power modular building unit further houses a generator room configured to house power generators and to house power transformers.

10. The building system of claim 1 wherein the building stack is a first building stack, the building system further comprising:
a second building stack of three units that are stacked one over the other in a vertical dimension, the second building disposed horizontally against and attached to the first building stack, the second building stack comprising:
a second instrumentation modular building unit having a plurality of sidewalls, at least one of the sidewalls having an opening to provide a door-way region for accommodating one of an infill unit or door, a base connected to the sidewalls, with the instrumentation unit configured to house electronics equipment;
a second power modular building unit having a plurality of sidewalls at least two of the sidewalls having a pair of openings in the sidewalls to provide door-way regions for accommodating infill units or doors and a base connected to the sidewalls, with the power modular building unit configured for housing power distribution equipment, to deliver electric power to the instrumentation unit and a cooling unit; and
a second cooling unit the second cooling modular unit disposed over both the second instrumentation modular building unit and the second power unit modular building unit, and having a base and comprising an air conditioner unit and a water chiller unit supported on the base, with the base of the second cooling modular unit being connected to a like one of the instrumentation modular building unit and the power unit modular building unit as the first building stack, with the first and the second instrumentation modular building units providing a contiguous user accessible open space provided by interiors of the first and second instrumentation module building units; and with the first and second power modular building units being user accessible by a first one of the pair of door-way regions of the power modular building unit and by a first one of the pair of door-way regions of the second power modular building unit between the first and the second building stacks.

11. The building system of claim 10 further comprising:
a circulation core module comprising:
at least one stair module, at least one elevator module, at least one loading dock module.

12. The building system of claim 11 wherein the circulation core is disposed adjacent the first building stack to provide user accessibility to the respective the power module building unit and the instrumentation modular building unit of the first building stack and with the first building stack providing user accessibility to the second building stack.

13. The building system of claim 10 wherein the instrumentation modular building units have sidewalls that are panelized.

14. The building system of claim 10 wherein the bases of the instrumentation modular building units are floor structures that are perforated.

15. The building system of claim 10 wherein roofs of the instrumentation modular building units are perforated.

16. The building system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a roof structure comprised of roof girders extending beyond walls of the instrumentation module building unit providing cantilevered portions, and with rooftop equipment connecting to the instrumentation module building unit through the cantilevered portions.

17. The building system of claim 1 wherein the instrumentation unit comprises:
a plurality of racks configured to house electrical equipment.

18. The building system of claim 1 wherein the instrumentation modular building unit comprises cabinets to house instrumentation equipment and receives electrical power from one or more rows of power bus-way distribution units above the cabinets.

19. The building system of claim 1 wherein at least some of the sidewalls of the instrumentation modular building units are panelized.

20. A building system for housing electronic equipment, the building system comprising:
a plurality of building stacks, each stack including a vertical stack of at least three modular building units, the plurality of building stacks disposed against and attached to an adjacent one of the building stacks in a horizontal dimension, each building stack comprising:
an instrumentation modular building unit, the instrumentation modular building unit having a plurality of sidewalls, a door in one of the sidewalls, and a base connected to the sidewalls, with an internal configuration of space in the instrumentation modular building unit configured to house electronics equipment;
a power modular building unit, the power modular building unit having a plurality of sidewalls and a base connected to the sidewalls, with an i

Assignees

• Maselli Joseph B
• Blessington Scot
• Stein Robert J
• Fmr Llc

Inventors

• Maselli Joseph B
• Blessington Scot
• Stein Robert J

Classifications

• H05K7/1497

  Rooms for data centers; Shipping containers therefor · CPC title

• E04H2005/005

  Buildings for data processing centers · CPC title

• E04H5/02 Primary

  Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial purposes, e.g. for power-plants or factories (buildings forming part of cooling plants E04H5/10) · CPC title

• H05K7/20745

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