Data center machine room
By using prefabricated data center structures, containers integrating server racks and cold aisles are manufactured in the factory, solving the problems of long construction cycles and unreliable quality in traditional data centers, and enabling data centers to be built quickly and used efficiently.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422731604.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-11-08
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-30
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-11-08
AI Technical Summary
Traditional data centers suffer from long construction cycles, environmentally unfriendly construction processes, and unreliable construction quality.
The prefabricated data center structure integrates functional containers such as IT containers, power containers, and refrigeration containers in the factory to form a combination of server racks, cold aisles, and hot aisles. On-site installation only requires splicing and fixing, reducing construction steps and improving quality.
It shortened the data center construction cycle, reduced construction costs, ensured construction quality, and increased server density within a limited space.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of data centers, in particular to a data center machine room. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the development of network technology, data storage and computing requirements have greatly increased. More and more enterprises choose to entrust business data to data centers for processing.
[0003] The main body of a traditional data center generally adopts a conventional structure form such as a steel structure or a reinforced concrete structure. After the main structure is built, server cabinets, various mechanical and electrical equipment, decoration materials and the like are installed in the main structure, and various equipment is debugged on site, so as to finally form the function of the data center.
[0004] The traditional data center has problems such as long construction period, non-environmental construction process, and unreliable construction quality. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[0005] In order to solve some or all of the problems existing in the prior art, the embodiments of the present application provide a data center machine room, which can greatly shorten the construction period of the data center. The technical solution is as follows:
[0006] In a first aspect, a data center machine room is provided, comprising a first IT container, a second IT container and a first cold aisle.
[0007] Two rows of server cabinets are arranged in each of the first IT container and the second IT container, and a hot aisle is arranged between the two rows of server cabinets in each IT container.
[0008] The first cold aisle is arranged between the first IT container and the second IT container.
[0009] Optionally, the data center machine room further comprises a third IT container and a second cold aisle, and the second cold aisle is arranged between the second IT container and the third IT container.
[0010] Optionally, a hot return air container is stacked above the first IT container and / or the second IT container.
[0011] Optionally, a hot return air opening is arranged between each IT container and the adjacent hot return air container, and the hot return air opening is used to communicate the adjacent IT container and the hot return air container.
[0012] Optionally, the data center machine room further comprises a fourth IT container, and the fourth IT container is stacked on the hot return air container.
[0013] Optionally, each IT container is provided with a supply air chamber and a partition wall, the partition wall is used to separate the supply air chamber and the server cabinet in the IT container.
[0014] Optionally, the length of each IT container is greater than 12192mm, the width is greater than 2438mm, and the height is greater than 2896mm.
[0015] Optionally, two adjacent containers are fixed by high-strength bolts at the top.
[0016] Optionally, the bottom of each cold aisle is provided with a bottom plate.
[0017] Optionally, the roof of the data center room is provided with a prefabricated roof.
[0018] The data center room provided by the present application is mainly composed of a plurality of functional containers, which can be prefabricated in the factory. These functional containers can include one or more categories of IT containers, power containers, and refrigeration containers. Among them, two rows of server cabinets and their required hot aisles can be integrated in one IT container. The cold aisle required by the server cabinet is located outside the container provided with the server cabinet, for example, the prefabricated connection area formed by connecting two containers through a prefabricated floor can be used as a cold aisle. The data center room provided by the present application can solve the problem of heat dissipation while arranging more server cabinets in a limited container space. Moreover, two IT containers share one cold aisle, which can effectively reduce the number of containers and reduce the cost of transportation and installation, as well as the construction cost of the data center room.
[0019] When it is necessary to build a data center room at a designated construction site, the construction scheme of the data center room can be designed according to the computing power and functional requirements. The construction scheme can include the types, quantities, and layouts of functional containers. When building the data center room, only the various types of functional containers prefabricated in the factory need to be transported to the designated construction site, and then spliced and fixed according to the construction scheme, so as to obtain a data center room with the required scale and complete functions. In this way, the construction process can be reduced, the construction quality can be improved, and the construction period can be significantly shortened, so that the data center room can be quickly put into use. Moreover, various types of mechanical and electrical equipment can be integrated in the corresponding functional containers in advance, and the functional debugging can be performed before the containers are shipped or before the data center is constructed. In this way, the construction difficulty is reduced, the construction errors are reduced, and the construction quality is guaranteed.
[0020] In summary, the present application can shorten the construction period of the data center, reduce the construction cost, and guarantee the construction quality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort based on these drawings.
[0022] Figure 1 is a schematic view of a facade structure of a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application;
[0023] Figure 2 is a schematic view of a facade structure of a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application;
[0024] Figure 3 is a schematic view of a facade structure of a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application;
[0025] Figure 4 is a schematic view of a facade structure of a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application;
[0026] Figure 5 is a schematic view of a plan structure of a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application; Figure 1
[0027] is a schematic view of a plan structure of a data center machine room according to another embodiment of the present application; Figure 6
[0028] is a schematic view of a plan structure of a data center machine room according to another embodiment of the present application; Figure 7
[0029] is a schematic view of a plan structure of a power container in a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application; Figure 8 Figure 1 is a schematic view of a plan structure of a refrigeration container in a data center machine room according to an embodiment of the present application.
[0030] Figure 9 Figure 1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] For the purposes of the present invention, technical solutions and advantages, the following will be further described in detail in combination with the drawings. The terms such as "upper", "upper", "lower", "lower", "first end", "second end", "one end", "the other end" and the like used in the present application are used to describe the relationship between one unit or feature relative to another unit or feature as shown in the drawings for the purpose of convenience. The spatial relative position terms can be intended to include different positions of the device in use or work other than the position shown in the figure. For example, if the device in the figure is turned over, the unit described as "below" or "under" the other unit or feature will be "above" the other unit or feature. Therefore, the exemplary term "below" can include both the above and below positions. The device can be oriented in other ways (rotated 90 degrees or other orientations), and the spatially related descriptions used herein are interpreted accordingly.
[0032] In addition, the terms "mount", "set", "provided with", "connected", "slidingly connected", "fixed", "sleeved" should be broadly understood. For example, "connected" can be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally configured; can be mechanically connected, or electrically connected; can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or the internal connection between two devices, elements or components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0033] In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "first", "second", "third" and the like are only used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily have to describe a specific order or sequence, nor can it be understood as indicating or implying relative importance. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances. In addition, in the description of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality of" means two or more. "And / or", describing the relationship between the associated objects, means that there can be three relationships, for example, A and / or B, which can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. The character " / " generally represents that the associated objects before and after are a "or" relationship.
[0034] In one embodiment, reference can be made to Figure 1The diagram shows the elevation structure of a data center server room. The data center server room may include a first IT container 100, a second IT container 200, and a cold aisle 300. The first IT container 100 is equipped with two rows of server racks 101 and 102, and the second IT container 200 is equipped with two rows of server racks 201 and 202. A hot aisle 103 is provided between server racks 101 and 102, and a hot aisle 203 is provided between server racks 201 and 202. The cold aisle 300 is located between the first IT container 100 and the second IT container 200.
[0035] In one embodiment, a cable tray 400 may also be installed above each row of server racks for organizing the installation of various devices and cabling, so as to realize the interconnection and data transmission between devices in the computer room.
[0036] like Figure 1 As shown, the cold aisle 300 can be set between the first IT container 100 and the second IT container 200, adjacent to the second row of cabinets 102 located in the first IT container 100 and the third row of cabinets 201 located in the second IT container 200.
[0037] In practice, since the cold aisle of this application is located outside the IT container, compared with the cold aisle being located inside the IT container, more space can be reserved to plan and set up more IT equipment, so as to improve the computing power of the IT container within a limited space.
[0038] Cold aisle systems can be prefabricated, specifically using prefabricated floor slabs connected to IT containers. When constructing a data center, two IT containers can be arranged at a predetermined distance, and a cold aisle is created between them by building a prefabricated floor slab over the space between them. This achieves the purpose of prefabrication while allowing two IT containers to share a single cold aisle, effectively reducing the number of containers and lowering transportation, installation, and data center construction costs.
[0039] In one embodiment, the data center can be horizontally expanded. When the number of servers needs to be increased, IT containers and cold aisles can be added horizontally. Correspondingly, the data center can also include a third IT container and a second cold aisle; the second cold aisle is located between the second and third IT containers.
[0040] like Figure 2As shown, the data center room can include a first IT container 100, a second IT container 200, a first cold aisle 301, a second cold aisle 302, and a third IT container 500. The third IT container 500 is provided with two rows of server cabinets 501 and 502, and a hot aisle 503 is arranged between the server cabinets 501 and 502. The second cold aisle 302 is arranged between the first IT container 100 and the second IT container 200. The second cold aisle 302 can be adjacent to the server cabinet 202 in the second IT container 200 and the server cabinet 501 in the third IT container 500.
[0041] In one embodiment, a hot return air container is stacked above the first IT container 100 and / or the second IT container 200.
[0042] In implementation, as shown in Figure 3 , a hot return air container 600 can be stacked above the IT container, so that the heat of the server cabinet in the IT container can be discharged to the hot return air container through the hot aisle. For example, the heat of the server cabinet in the first IT container 100 can be discharged to the hot return air container 600 stacked above through the hot aisle 103. Subsequently, the hot air in the hot return air container can be discharged to the outside or returned to the refrigeration system. The cold air provided by the refrigeration system can enter the cold aisle to cool the surrounding server cabinets.
[0043] In one embodiment, a spraying device 700 can be further arranged above each row of server cabinets. The spraying device 700 can effectively cool the equipment and servers in the data center by spraying water mist to reduce the air temperature.
[0044] In one embodiment, a hot return air opening is arranged between each IT container and the adjacent hot return air container, and the hot return air opening is used to connect the adjacent IT container and the hot return air container.
[0045] In implementation, the connection between the IT container and the adjacent hot return air container can realize the flow of hot air. The hot return air opening can be arranged at the top of the IT container, or at the bottom of the hot return air container.
[0046] For example, as shown in Figure 5 , a hot return air opening 1031 is arranged on the top plate at the hot aisle 103 of the first IT container 100, and the hot return air opening 1031 is connected to the hot return air container 600 stacked above. Correspondingly, the bottom plate of the hot return air container 600 stacked above the first IT container 100 can also be provided with a hot return air opening connected to the first IT container 100, or the bottom of the hot return air container is hollow and no bottom plate is arranged.
[0047] It is worth mentioning that each column of server cabinets, such as the first column of server cabinets 101, can include several server cabinets 1011, a column head cabinet 1012 (marked as LT in the figure) and a cooling dispensing unit (CDU) 1013. The column head cabinet can be used to provide network wiring transmission services or power distribution management for the column of server cabinets, and the cooling dispensing unit can be used for utilization of the cold source and heat dissipation distribution of the heat source, which will not be described herein. Figure 5
[0048] For example, the top of the IT container can be hollowed out, and no top plate is provided. Correspondingly, the bottom of the hot return air container stacked above the IT container can be provided with a hot return air opening communicated with the IT container.
[0049] It should be noted that the cold aisle and the hot aisle can be isolated from each other to avoid direct mixing of cold air and hot air and maximize the reduction of waste of cold energy.
[0050] In one embodiment, the data center machine room can be expanded longitudinally, i.e., vertically expanded. When the data center machine room needs to be expanded, the size of the data center can be expanded by stacking the functional containers upward. Correspondingly, referring to Figure 4 , the data center machine room can further include a fourth IT container 800. The fourth IT container 800 is stacked on the hot return air container. In this way, the rapid expansion of the data center can be realized while saving space.
[0051] In one embodiment, referring again to Figure 5 , each IT container (such as the first IT container 100) is provided with an air supply room 105 and a partition wall 106. The partition wall 106 is used to separate the air supply room 105 in the IT container from the space where the server cabinets are located.
[0052] In implementation, the cold air in the air supply room can enter the cold aisle through the floor air supply to cool the server cabinets around the cold aisle. By providing a partition wall between the air supply room in the IT container and the server cabinets, direct mixing of cold air and hot air can be avoided, and the waste of cold energy can be maximized.
[0053] In one embodiment, each IT container has a length greater than 12192mm, a width greater than 2438mm, and a height greater than 2896mm.
[0054] According to the current international standards, the width of the conventional size container (i.e. standard container) is the same, which is 2438mm; the length has four kinds, including 12192mm, 9125mm, 6058mm and 2991mm; the height has three kinds, including 2896mm, 2591mm and 2438mm. The IT container provided in the embodiment can adopt a larger size. Further, it is easy to integrate two rows of server cabinets and the required hot aisle in the factory prefabrication into the same container, which effectively improves the factory prefabrication integration degree, greatly reduces the workload on the project site, and effectively shortens the delivery time.
[0055] In the implementation, the conventional size IT container cannot usually integrate the closed hot aisle in the factory prefabrication. See Figure 6 In each IT container 1 adopting the standard container size, the server cabinet 11, the hot aisle 12, the cold aisle 13, and the corresponding hot return air hole 12-1 on the top of the hot aisle 12 need to be arranged. In addition, the air supply chamber 21 is not integrated with the server cabinet 11 in the same IT container 1, but is arranged in other containers 2 as the air supply chamber. The shell 22 of the container 2 and the shell 14 of the IT container 1 constitute the partition wall between the air supply chamber and the server cabinet.
[0056] However, see Figure 5 For the IT container adopting the non-conventional size, two rows of server cabinets and a hot aisle can be integrated in the same IT container, and correspondingly, the two rows of server cabinets can be cooled through one hot aisle. In addition, there is no need to arrange a cold aisle in the IT container.
[0057] Comparing the embodiments shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6 , for two rows of server cabinets, Figure 5 The embodiment shown in simplifies two hot return air holes into one hot return air hole, which can effectively reduce the workload on the project site. Figure 5 The number of partition walls between the area where the server cabinet of Figure 6 is located and the area where the air supply chamber is located can be reduced by one, which effectively reduces the workload on the project site and the construction cost. In addition, Figure 5 The embodiment shown in can avoid the blocking of the cold aisle air supply port by the column at the edge of the container, so that a better air supply environment is obtained.
[0058] It is worth mentioning that, see Figure 7The functional containers arranged in the data center machine room can include several IT containers, such as a first IT container 100 and a second IT container 200. The data center machine room can also include several power containers 1000-1, several refrigeration containers 1000-2, and several other functional containers 1000-3. Each type of functional container can adopt a non-conventional container size, that is, a length greater than 12192 mm, a width greater than 2438 mm, and a height greater than 2896 mm.
[0059] In an embodiment, referring to Figure 8 The power container 1000-1 can include a transformer 1000-11, a line-in cabinet 1000-12, a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) cabinet 1000-13, a low-voltage power distribution cabinet 1000-14, a battery pack 1000-15, an air conditioning group 1000-16, and the like.
[0060] In an embodiment, referring to Figure 9 The refrigeration container 1000-2 can include an auxiliary equipment area 1000-21, a heat exchange equipment area 1000-22, and an air inlet area 1000-23.
[0061] In an embodiment, two adjacent containers can be fixed by installing high-strength bolts at the top points.
[0062] For example, in the embodiment shown in Figure 3 The upper top point of the IT container and the lower top point of the corresponding heat return air container are fixed by bolts. For any two functional containers stacked together, the upper top point of the lower functional container and the lower top point of the upper functional container are connection nodes, and two adjacent functional containers can be fixed by installing high-strength bolts at the adjacent connection nodes.
[0063] The high-strength bolt can be understood as a bolt made of high-strength steel or a bolt that needs to be pre-tightened with a large force. Generally, the strength grade of the high-strength bolt can be above 8.8, the minimum tensile strength can reach above 1000 MPa, and the minimum bending strength can reach above 1000 MPa.
[0064] In an embodiment, the bottom of each cold aisle can also be provided with a bottom plate, which can also be a prefabricated floor and connected to the IT containers on both sides.
[0065] In an embodiment, referring to Figure 4 The data center machine room can also be provided with a prefabricated roof 900, which can protect the functional containers below.
[0066] In implementation, the prefabricated roof can be a concrete prefabricated part, a color steel tile, etc., and the application does not limit this. After the built data center is put into operation, by disassembling the simple prefabricated roof and copying the arrangement of the lower functional containers, the purpose of vertical rapid expansion can be achieved.
[0067] Based on the same technical concept, the embodiments of the application also provide a method for constructing the above-mentioned data center machine room. The method can comprise: calculating the usage amount of various functional containers according to the computing power requirement of the data center machine room; and splicing and fixing a corresponding number of various functional containers at a specified construction site.
[0068] In one embodiment, the method can further comprise: arranging two IT containers at a preset distance, and forming a cold aisle between the two IT containers.
[0069] In one embodiment, the method can further comprise: stacking a hot return air container above each IT container, and fixing the upper vertex of each IT container and the lower vertex of the corresponding hot return air container by bolts.
[0070] In summary, the data center machine room provided by the application is mainly spliced by a plurality of functional containers, which can be prefabricated in a factory. These functional containers can include one or more categories of IT containers, power containers, and refrigeration containers. Among them, two rows of server cabinets and the required hot aisles can be integrated in one IT container. The cold aisle required by the server cabinet is located outside the container where the server cabinet is arranged, for example, a prefabricated connection area formed by connecting two containers through a prefabricated floor can be used as a cold aisle. The data center machine room provided by the application, based on such a structure, can solve the problem of heat dissipation while arranging more server cabinets in a limited container space. In other words, the application can reduce the number of containers and reduce the construction cost while ensuring the computing power of the data center machine room.
[0071] When a data center machine room needs to be constructed at a specified construction site, a construction scheme of the data center machine room can be designed according to the computing power and functional requirements. The construction scheme can include the types, quantities, and layouts of the functional containers. When constructing the data center machine room, only the various functional containers prefabricated in the factory need to be transported to the specified construction site, and spliced and fixed according to the construction scheme, so as to obtain a data center machine room with the required scale and complete functions. In this way, the construction process can be reduced, the construction quality can be improved, and the construction period can be significantly shortened, so that the data center machine room can be quickly put into use. Moreover, various mechanical and electrical equipment can be integrated in the corresponding functional containers in advance, and functional debugging can be performed before the containers are shipped or before the data center is constructed. In this way, the construction difficulty is reduced, the occurrence of construction errors is reduced, and the construction quality is guaranteed.
[0072] It should be noted that, due to the limitation of the length, the specification of the present application does not exhaust all the optional embodiments, and those skilled in the art should be able to think of that, as long as the technical features do not contradict each other, any combination of technical features can constitute an optional embodiment after reading the specification of the present application.
[0073] The above only describes the preferred embodiments of the present application, and is not used to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A data center room, characterized by, The data center room comprises a first IT container, a second IT container and a first cold aisle; Two rows of server cabinets are arranged in each of the first IT container and the second IT container, and a hot aisle is arranged between the two rows of server cabinets in each IT container; The first cold aisle is arranged between the first IT container and the second IT container.
2. The data center room of claim 1, wherein, The data center room further comprises a third IT container and a second cold aisle; The second cold aisle is arranged between the second IT container and the third IT container.
3. The data center room of claim 1, wherein, A hot return air container is stacked above the first IT container and / or the second IT container.
4. The data center room of claim 3, wherein, A hot return air opening is arranged between each IT container and the adjacent hot return air container, and the hot return air opening is used for connecting the adjacent IT container and the hot return air container.
5. The data center room of claim 3, wherein, The data center room further comprises a fourth IT container; The fourth IT container is stacked on the hot return air container.
6. The data center room of claim 1, wherein, A supply air chamber and a partition wall are arranged in each IT container, and the partition wall is used for separating the supply air chamber and the server cabinets in the IT container.
7. The data center room of claim 1, wherein, The length, width and height of each IT container are greater than 12192 mm, 2438 mm and 2896 mm respectively.
8. The data center room of any of claims 1-7, wherein, Two adjacent containers are fixed by high-strength bolts at the top.
9. The data center room of claim 1 or 2, wherein, A bottom plate is arranged at the bottom of each cold aisle.
10. The data center room of claim 1, wherein, A prefabricated roof is arranged at the top of the data center room.