Data center, fully prefabricated machine room and data center construction method
By using detachable components and lifting lugs in a fully prefabricated computer room, the data center is decoupled from the building, solving the problem of long construction cycles in traditional data centers, improving construction efficiency and quality, and meeting the needs of ultra-large-scale data centers.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HEBEI QINHUAI DATA CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-21
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-21
AI Technical Summary
Traditional data centers suffer from problems such as long construction cycles, environmentally unfriendly construction processes, unreliable construction quality, long commissioning cycles for electromechanical equipment, large upfront investments, and late returns on investment. The existing prefabricated form of computer rooms lacks granularity and cannot meet the needs of ultra-large-scale data centers.
The computer room adopts a fully prefabricated design, with walls in the computer room area made of detachable components. Lifting holes can be reserved or sealed, and the top of the computer room has detachable lifting lugs. Lifting access holes are reserved. The computer room modules are prefabricated in the factory and decoupled from the building, shortening the construction cycle.
By using fully prefabricated computer rooms, the construction cycle of data centers can be shortened, delivery efficiency and quality can be improved, on-site assembly time can be reduced, and rapid delivery can be achieved.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This application relates to the field of data centers, and in particular to a data center, a fully prefabricated computer room, and a data center construction method. Background Technology
[0002] Traditional data center main structures typically use conventional structural forms such as steel structures or reinforced concrete structures. After the main structure is completed, server racks, power distribution equipment, air conditioning equipment, fire protection equipment, intelligent equipment, pipelines and cable trays, decoration and finishing are installed on the main structure to form the data center function.
[0003] This type of construction method has problems such as long construction period, environmentally unfriendly construction process, unreliable construction quality, long commissioning period of electromechanical equipment, large initial investment, and late start of investment return period. Summary of the Invention
[0004] The purpose of this application is to provide a data center, a fully prefabricated computer room, and a data center construction method to shorten the data center construction cycle and improve delivery efficiency and quality.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this application provides a data center, which includes at least a server room area, wherein the server room area is provided with a plurality of fully prefabricated server rooms; at least a portion of the walls of the server room area are composed of detachable components, such that when the detachable components are disassembled, reserved hoisting holes are formed on the walls of the server room area, and when the detachable components are installed, the detachable components close the reserved hoisting holes; the top of the fully prefabricated server rooms is detachably connected to lifting lugs, and the fully prefabricated server rooms are hoisted into and out of the reserved hoisting holes through the lifting lugs.
[0006] To achieve the above objectives, this application also provides a fully prefabricated machine room, which includes at least a shell and supports; the top of the shell is detachably connected to a lifting lug, and the fully prefabricated machine room is used for hoisting into and out of a reserved hoisting hole through the lifting lug; there are two supports, which are located inside the shell and are arranged parallel and spaced apart, and each support is equipped with several functional devices, forming a closed channel between the two supports and the functional devices on the supports.
[0007] To achieve the above objectives, this application also provides a data center construction method, the method comprising:
[0008] When the delivery time of the fully prefabricated computer room is earlier than the construction time of the building in the data center area, the fully prefabricated computer room will be hoisted into the data center area.
[0009] When the delivery time of the fully prefabricated computer room is later than the construction time of the building in the data center area, hoisting holes are reserved on the wall of the data center area so that the fully prefabricated computer room can be hoisted into the building through the hoisting holes.
[0010] Therefore, the technical solution provided in this application utilizes a fully prefabricated data center. This prefabricated data center can be manufactured during the data center building construction, eliminating the need for subsequent large-scale assembly within the building, thus reducing assembly time and improving efficiency. Furthermore, at least a portion of the walls in the data center's server room area are constructed from detachable components. This allows for the creation of pre-reserved hoisting holes in the server room's cavities by disassembling these components, facilitating the entry and exit of the fully prefabricated server room. In this way, the fully prefabricated server room is decoupled from the data center building construction process. The data center building construction does not need to wait for the fully prefabricated server room to be produced and brought to the site before construction, further shortening the data center construction cycle and improving delivery efficiency and quality. Attached Figure Description
[0011] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application, the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings described below are only some embodiments of this application. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.
[0012] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the data center structure in one embodiment provided in this application;
[0013] Figure 2 This is an isometric schematic diagram of a fully prefabricated machine room according to one embodiment provided in this application;
[0014] Figure 3 This is a top view of a portion of the structure of a fully prefabricated machine room in one embodiment provided in this application;
[0015] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the support structure in one embodiment provided in this application. Detailed Implementation
[0016] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of this application clearer, the embodiments of this application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Terms used in this application to indicate spatial relative positions, such as “above,” “over,” “below,” “under,” “first end,” “second end,” “one end,” and “other end,” are used for ease of explanation to describe the relationship of one unit or feature relative to another unit or feature as shown in the accompanying drawings. The terms of spatial relative positions may be intended to include different orientations of the device in use or operation other than those shown in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is flipped, a unit described as being “below” or “under” other units or features would be located “above” other units or features. Therefore, the exemplary term “below” can encompass both above and below orientations. The device may be oriented in other ways (rotated 90 degrees or other orientations), and the spatially related descriptive terms used herein will be interpreted accordingly.
[0017] Furthermore, the terms "installation," "setup," "equipped with," "connection," "sliding connection," "fixed," and "sleeve connection" should be interpreted broadly. For example, "connection" can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral structure; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be an internal connection between two devices, components, or parts. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in this application according to the specific circumstances.
[0018] Traditional data center main structures typically use conventional structural forms such as steel structures or reinforced concrete structures. After the main structure is completed, server racks, power distribution equipment, air conditioning equipment, fire protection equipment, intelligent equipment, pipelines and cable trays, decoration and finishing are installed on the main structure to form the data center function.
[0019] This type of construction method has problems such as long construction period, environmentally unfriendly construction process, unreliable construction quality, long commissioning period of electromechanical equipment, large initial investment, and late start of investment return period.
[0020] To achieve rapid data center delivery, existing methods primarily include prefabricated data center components, micro-modules, and containerized data centers. However, current prefabricated components lack granularity and integration, only prefabricating simple components such as cabinets, in-row air conditioning, cable trays, supports, and bases. A significant amount of assembly, installation, wiring, and testing remains on-site. Micro-modules offer higher integration than prefabricated components, integrating power distribution terminals, air conditioning terminals, and IT cabinets. While granular, they generally require separate transport and installation, and cannot prefabricate fire-fighting equipment, intelligent equipment, ring-shaped pipelines and cables, or passageway enclosures. A considerable amount of assembly, installation, wiring, and testing remains on-site. Containerized data centers offer the highest granularity and integration among these methods, but due to their inherent characteristics, they are highly individualized and cannot be easily deployed on a large scale. They are more suitable for edge computing and cannot meet the needs of newly built hyperscale data centers.
[0021] Therefore, the inventors of this application have discovered that how the granularity of the server room in a data center is defined, and the coordination between the construction of the server room and the construction of the data center building, directly determines the overall delivery efficiency of the data center. To this end, we have achieved full factory prefabrication of the server room modules and decoupled the server room modules from the data center building construction to improve delivery efficiency.
[0022] The technical solutions in the embodiments of this application will now be clearly and completely described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the embodiments described in this application are only a part of the embodiments, not all of them. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments in this application without inventive effort are within the scope of protection of this application.
[0023] like Figure 1 As shown, this application provides a data center, which is located in a pre-defined area in the form of a building. The data center is usually divided into different areas according to different functions, such as the computer room area 110, the power supply and distribution area, and the public area.
[0024] In one feasible implementation, the data center area 100 includes several fully prefabricated data centers 200. At least a portion of the walls of the data center area 100 are constructed from detachable components 110, such that when the detachable components 110 are disassembled, reserved lifting holes 120 are formed in the walls of the data center area 100; and when the detachable components 110 are installed, the detachable components 110 close the reserved lifting holes 120. In other words, since at least a portion of the walls of the data center area are constructed from detachable components 110, reserved lifting holes 120 can be formed in the cavities of the data center area by disassembling the detachable components 110, facilitating the entry and exit of the fully prefabricated data centers 200. This decouples the fully prefabricated data centers 200 from the data center building construction process, eliminating the need for the data center building construction to wait for the fully prefabricated data centers 200 to be manufactured and brought to the site before construction, thereby further shortening the data center construction cycle and improving delivery efficiency and quality.
[0025] In practical applications, the detachable component 100 refers to components or materials that are easy to disassemble, such as wall panels or other profile panels fixed with bolts. On the one hand, when hoisting is required, the detachable component 100 can be removed from the wall of the machine room area 100, facilitating the hoisting of the fully prefabricated machine room 200. On the other hand, after hoisting is completed, the detachable component 100 can be reinstalled, enabling rapid restoration of the wall.
[0026] The fully prefabricated server room 200 refers to a server room that is pre-assembled at the factory and then delivered to the data center site as a complete unit, thereby reducing on-site assembly steps. In actual production, the fully prefabricated server room can be produced during the construction of the data center building, eliminating the need for additional large-scale assembly within the data center building, thus reducing assembly time and improving assembly efficiency.
[0027] The top of the fully prefabricated machine room 200 is detachably connected with lifting lugs, facilitating the hoisting of the machine room 200 into and out of the reserved hoisting holes 120. In practical applications, after hoisting the fully prefabricated machine room 200, the lifting lugs can be removed from the machine room 200 and reused. The stress conditions of the lifting lugs were analyzed through structural finite element simulation, and high-strength bolts that meet the stress requirements were installed.
[0028] Regarding the specific structure of the fully prefabricated computer room 200. In one feasible implementation, such as Figure 2 and Figure 3As shown, the prefabricated machine room 200 includes a shell 210 and supports 220. The shell 210 serves as the overall structural frame of the prefabricated machine room 200. There are two supports 220 located inside the shell 210, and the two supports 220 are arranged parallel and spaced apart to support two rows of functional equipment 300. Specifically, each support 220 is equipped with several functional devices 230, and a closed passage is formed between the two supports 220 and the functional devices 230 on the supports 220.
[0029] In this embodiment, mounting holes 221 can be reserved on the support 220. When the functional device 230 is installed on the support 220, the functional device 230 can be fixed on the support 220 through the mounting holes 221 to prevent the functional device 230 from shifting relative to the support 220.
[0030] In practical applications, functional equipment 230 can be one or more of the following: server racks, row-head racks, near-end air walls, and in-row air conditioners. For example, functional equipment 230 can consist of row-head racks, server racks, and in-row air conditioners. Each support 220 is equipped with a server rack and an in-row air conditioner, and they are arranged with one in-row space for every fixed number of server racks. The row-head racks are located at the ends of each support 220. Correspondingly, the support 220 can have corresponding cable outlet holes to facilitate the routing of the row-head rack cables from the bottom of the support 220, ensuring the neatness of the prefabricated server room 200.
[0031] Functional equipment 230 can also consist of server racks, rack cabinets, and near-end ventilation walls. The near-end ventilation walls are mounted on one of the supports 220, multiple server racks are arranged side-by-side on another support 220, and two rack cabinets are respectively located at the ends of each support 220. Of course, there are other ways to arrange functional equipment within the fully prefabricated server room 200, and this application does not specifically limit this arrangement.
[0032] In one feasible implementation, such as Figure 2 As shown, the prefabricated machine room 200 also includes a cable tray 240; the cable tray 240 is located inside the housing 210, there are two cable trays 240, and the two cable trays 240 are respectively suspended directly above the two supports 220.
[0033] The prefabricated computer room 200 also includes a low-voltage system cabinet 250. The low-voltage system cabinet 250 is used to install and store low-voltage system equipment, such as network equipment, communication equipment, security monitoring equipment, servers, and telecommunications equipment. The low-voltage system cabinet 250 is located inside the housing 210, and the low-voltage system cabinet is suspended directly above the enclosed aisle.
[0034] In one feasible implementation, such as Figure 4As shown, the housing 210 includes a bracket 211 and a sealing assembly; the sealing assembly is disposed around the surface of the bracket 211 to form an airtight space within the bracket 211. The sealing assembly can refer to a sheet metal part, door, side window, or functional skylight used to surround the surface of the bracket 211, etc., and this application does not specifically limit it.
[0035] The top enclosure of the housing 210 has a fire hydrant hole for connecting fire pipes and sprinklers. In practical applications, after the prefabricated machine room 200 is completed in the factory, the fire hydrant hole can be temporarily sealed so that it can be removed later when the prefabricated machine room 200 is installed in the machine room area, thereby facilitating the rapid connection of fire pipes and sprinklers.
[0036] In one feasible implementation, the support 211 includes a bottom frame 2111, a top frame 2112, and columns 2113; there are four columns 2113, and the four corners of the bottom frame 2111 are respectively connected to the four corners of the top frame 2112 through the four columns 2113, and secondary beams are respectively provided in the top frame 2112 and the bottom frame 2111.
[0037] In practical applications, the bottom frame 2111, top frame 2112, and columns 2113 can all be supported by steel materials, and the length of the main structure formed by splicing can be selected from 6 to 15 meters, the width from 3 to 4.5 meters, and the height from 3 to 4.15 meters. The cross-sections of the steel structure shell components are selected through finite element analysis calculations, and various steel structure components are connected by welding to provide sufficient seismic strength and resistance to transportation deformation.
[0038] The fully prefabricated machine room 200 of this embodiment includes at least a shell 210 and supports 220. The top of the shell 210 is detachably connected with lifting lugs, which are used to lift the fully prefabricated machine room 200 into and out of the reserved lifting holes 120. There are two supports 220, which are located inside the shell 210 and are arranged in parallel and spaced apart. Each support 220 is equipped with several functional devices 230, and a closed channel is formed between the two supports 220 and the functional devices 230 on the supports 220.
[0039] For details regarding the specific structure of the fully prefabricated computer room 200, please refer to the above implementation method; further details will not be provided here.
[0040] The data center construction method of this embodiment decouples the fully prefabricated server room 200 from the building construction of the data center, thereby improving delivery efficiency. The method includes:
[0041] When the delivery time of the fully prefabricated computer room 200 is earlier than the construction time of the building in the data center computer room area 100, the fully prefabricated computer room 200 will be hoisted into the data center computer room area 100.
[0042] When the delivery time of the fully prefabricated computer room 200 is later than the construction time of the data center computer room area 100 building, a hoisting hole 120 is reserved on the wall of the data center computer room area 100 so that the fully prefabricated computer room 200 can be hoisted into the building through the hoisting hole.
[0043] Furthermore, after hoisting the fully prefabricated server room 200 into the data center server room area 100, it also includes:
[0044] A protective barrier is formed around the 200-square-meter prefabricated machine room;
[0045] A mounting hole 120 is pre-drilled in the wall of the data center server room area 100, including:
[0046] The detachable component 110 forms part of the wall of the data center server room area 100, and the detachable component 110 is removed when the fully prefabricated server room 200 is hoisted to form a reserved hoisting hole 120.
[0047] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of this application and is not intended to limit this application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc., made within the spirit and principles of this application should be included within the protection scope of this application.
Claims
1. A data center, characterized in that, The data center includes at least a server room area, wherein the server room area is equipped with several fully prefabricated server rooms; At least a portion of the walls of the computer room area are constructed of removable components, such that when the removable components are removed, reserved hoisting holes are formed in the walls of the computer room area, and when the removable components are installed, the removable components close the reserved hoisting holes. The top of the prefabricated machine room is detachably connected to a lifting lug, through which the prefabricated machine room is hoisted into and out of the reserved hoisting hole.
2. The data center according to claim 1, characterized in that, The fully prefabricated machine room includes a shell and supports; The support is two in number, and the two supports are located inside the housing, and the two supports are arranged in parallel and spaced apart. Each of the supports is equipped with several functional devices, and a closed channel is formed between two supports and the functional devices on the supports.
3. The data center according to claim 2, characterized in that, The fully prefabricated machine room also includes cable trays; The cable tray is located inside the housing, and there are two cable trays, with each cable tray suspended directly above the two supports.
4. The data center according to claim 3, characterized in that, The fully prefabricated computer room also includes a low-voltage system cabinet; The low-voltage system cabinet is located inside the housing, and the low-voltage system unit is suspended directly above the enclosed passage.
5. The data center according to claim 4, characterized in that, The housing includes a support frame and a sealing assembly; The sealing assembly is disposed around the surface of the support to form an airtight space within the support.
6. The data center according to claim 5, characterized in that, The enclosure at the top of the housing has a fire vent for connecting fire pipes and sprinklers.
7. The data center according to claim 5, characterized in that, The support structure includes a bottom frame, a top frame, and uprights; The frame has four columns, and the four corners of the bottom frame are connected to the four corners of the top frame through the four columns. The top frame and the bottom frame are respectively provided with secondary beams.
8. A fully prefabricated computer room, characterized in that, The fully prefabricated machine room includes at least a shell and supports; The top of the shell is detachably connected to a lifting lug, and the fully prefabricated machine room is used to lift into and out of the reserved lifting holes through the lifting lug; The support has two parts, which are located inside the housing and are arranged in parallel and spaced apart. Each support is equipped with several functional devices, and a closed channel is formed between the two supports and the functional devices on the supports.
9. A data center construction method, characterized in that, The method includes: When the delivery time of the fully prefabricated computer room is earlier than the construction time of the building in the data center area, the fully prefabricated computer room will be hoisted into the data center area. When the delivery time of the fully prefabricated computer room is later than the construction time of the building in the data center area, hoisting holes are reserved on the wall of the data center area so that the fully prefabricated computer room can be hoisted into the building through the hoisting holes.
10. The data center construction method according to claim 9, characterized in that, After the prefabricated server room is hoisted into the data center server room area, the process further includes: A protective barrier is formed around the prefabricated machine room; The method of pre-reserving mounting holes in the walls of the data center server room area includes: The data center server room area is partially formed by detachable components, and the detachable components are removed during the hoisting of the fully prefabricated server room to create reserved hoisting holes.