Data Center with Low Power Usage Effectiveness

Abstract

A system for providing cooled air to electronic equipment includes a data center having electronic equipment in operation, a plurality of above-floor cooling units, and a source of cooling water. An above-floor cooling unit cools air warmed by electronic equipment. The cooling water source is configured to supply cooling water that reduces the temperature of the above-floor cooling unit. The power usage effectiveness ("PUE") of the system is less than 1.3, where PUE is defined as the energy used to operate the data center divided by the energy used to run the electronic equipment.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(3) to U.S. Application No. 12 / 611,061, filed November 2, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, and entitled DATACENTER WITH LOW POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS. technical field [0003] This document relates to systems and methods for providing cooling to areas containing electronic equipment, such as computer server rooms and server racks in computer data centers. Background technique [0004] Computer users are often concerned with the speed (eg, megahertz and gigahertz) of a computer's microprocessor. Many people forget that this speed often comes with a cost - higher electrical power consumption. For a home PC or two, this extra power is negligible when compared to the cost of running many other appliances in the home. But in data center applications where thousands of microprocessors may be operating, electrical power requirements can ...

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Heat removal can also be important because although a microprocessor may not be as sensitive to heat as a human being, an increase in heat can generally cause a large increase in microprocessor errors and failures

All in all, such a system may require power to run the chips and even more power to cool the chips

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