Data Center Design Methods

Abstract

This provides a data center design method that enables efficient design based on the client's specifications. [Solution] A data center design method comprising: a unit design drawing preparation step of preparing multiple unit design drawings in which a predetermined number of unitized data hall-related rooms of a predetermined size, including a data hall, an air conditioning machine room, and a void for the data hall, are installed on the same floor in a predetermined layout; and a design step of selecting one or more of the prepared unit design drawings and installing them to create a design drawing for a predetermined floor of the data center.

Description

[[Technical Field]]

[0001] The present invention relates to a data center design method. [[Background Art]]

[0002] A data center design method for creating a design drawing of a predetermined floor of a data center including a data hall (server room) and an air conditioning machine room is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [[Prior Art Documents]] [[Patent Documents]]

[0003] [[Patent Document 1]] Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2012-199300 [[Summary of the Invention]] [[Problem to be Solved by the Invention]]

[0004] In conventional data center design methods, it has been common to perform individual designs based on the orderer's specifications.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a data center design method that can realize efficient design based on an orderer's specifications. [[Means for Solving the Problem]]

[0006] One aspect of the present invention is as follows.

[0007] [1] a unit design drawing preparation step of preparing a plurality of types of unit design drawings in which unitized data hall-related rooms of a predetermined size including a data hall, an air conditioning machine room, and a void for the data hall are arranged on the same floor in a predetermined layout; a design step of selecting one or more types of said unit design drawings from the plurality of types of said prepared unit design drawings and creating a design drawing for a predetermined floor of the installed data center A data center design method comprising:

[0008] [2] The data center design method according to [1], wherein in the unit design drawing, the data hole and the air conditioning machine room are arranged adjacent to each other.

[0009] [3] The data center design method according to [1] or [2], wherein the data hole and the data hole void are arranged adjacent to each other in the unit design drawing.

[0010] [4] The process includes an electrical room design drawing preparation step, which involves preparing multiple types of electrical room design drawings, which are design drawings for the electrical room for the aforementioned data hole. A data center design method according to any one of [1] to [3], wherein in the design step, one or more electrical room design drawings are selected from a plurality of prepared electrical room design drawings, and the data center is designed using the selected electrical room design drawings.

[0011] [5] The process includes a generator room design drawing preparation step, which involves preparing multiple types of generator room design drawings, which are design drawings of the generator room for the aforementioned data hole. A data center design method according to any one of [1] to [4], wherein in the design step, one or more generator room design drawings are selected from a plurality of prepared generator room design drawings, and the data center is designed using the selected generator room design drawings. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a data center design method that enables efficient design based on the specifications of the client. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0013] [Figure 1]This figure shows an example of the first type of unit design drawing among several types prepared in the unit design drawing preparation step in a data center design method according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2] This figure shows an example of the second type of unit design drawing. [Figure 3] This figure shows an example of a design drawing for a predetermined floor of a data center, created by installing the unit design drawings shown in Figure 1. [Figure 4] This figure shows another example of a design drawing for a specific floor of a data center, created by installing the unit design drawing shown in Figure 1. [Figure 5] This is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the specification options related to the selection of unit design drawings. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0014] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0015] In one embodiment of the present invention, a data center design method includes a unit design drawing preparation step of preparing multiple unit design drawings in which unitized data hall-related rooms of a predetermined size, including a data hall, an air conditioning machine room, and a void for the data hall, are installed on the same floor in a predetermined layout, and a design step of selecting one or more of the prepared unit design drawings and installing them to create a design drawing for a predetermined floor of the data center. The unit design drawing consists of an architectural design drawing, an electrical design drawing, and a mechanical equipment design drawing. The architectural design drawing is a design drawing that defines the architectural design of the data center. The electrical design drawing is a design drawing that defines the electrical equipment. The mechanical equipment design drawing is a design drawing that defines the mechanical equipment. The unit design drawing may consist of any combination selected from the group consisting of the architectural design drawing, the electrical design drawing, and the mechanical equipment design drawing.

[0016] Furthermore, the data center design method of the present embodiment includes an electrical room blueprint preparing step of preparing a plurality of types of electrical room blueprints, which are blueprints of an electrical room for a data hall, and in the design step, one or more types of electrical room blueprints are selected from the plurality of prepared types of electrical room blueprints, and the data center is designed using the selected electrical room blueprints.

[0017] Furthermore, the data center design method of the present embodiment includes a generator room blueprint preparing step of preparing a plurality of types of generator room blueprints, which are blueprints of a generator room for a data hall, one or more types of generator room blueprints are selected from the plurality of prepared types of generator room blueprints, and the data center is designed using the selected generator room blueprints.

[0018] Furthermore, the data center design method of the present embodiment includes a chiller room blueprint preparing step of preparing a plurality of types of chiller room blueprints, which are blueprints of a chiller room for a data hall, and in the design step, the data center is designed using the chiller room blueprints.

[0019] Servers are housed in the data hall. The servers are housed in server racks, a predetermined number of server racks are arranged in a single row in a first horizontal direction to form a server rack row, and a predetermined number of server rack rows are housed in the data hall in a state of being arranged in a second horizontal direction orthogonal to the first horizontal direction.

[0020] The air conditioning machine room houses the air conditioning equipment. The air conditioning machine room has an air conditioning machine housing section for housing the air conditioning equipment and an air conditioning machine room air exhaust section consisting of an air conditioning machine room ceiling chamber or air duct. The data hall adjacent to the air conditioning machine room has a server housing section consisting of a chamber for housing servers and a data hall air introduction section consisting of a part of the data hall ceiling chamber or air duct. The air conditioning machine room supplies air from the air conditioning machine housing section to the server housing section via the air conditioning machine room air exhaust section and the data hall air introduction section. The air conditioning equipment has an air cooling section that cools the air directed toward the data hall. The air cooled by the air cooling section is introduced into the server housing section of the data hall and cools the servers by exchanging heat with them. The method of cooling the air by the air cooling section is not particularly limited. For example, the air cooling section has an evaporator of a heat pump.

[0021] A data hole adjacent to a data hole void has a data hole air exhaust section, which is part of the data hole ceiling chamber or another air duct. The data hole discharges air from the server housing to the data hole void via the data hole air exhaust section.

[0022] A data hall void is a space that constitutes a heat exhaust path that discharges air from the data hall to the outside of the data center. The data hall void forms a vertically extending atrium space across multiple floors, efficiently transporting the heat exhaust towards the rooftop within the atrium space. Preferably, the data hall void is opened to the outside on the rooftop to discharge the heat exhaust.

[0023] The electrical room houses the power distribution panel for the data hall. The power distribution panel supplies power to the servers in the data hall. It also supplies power to the air conditioning equipment in the air conditioning equipment room. The electrical room may be located on the same floor as the corresponding data hall, or on a different floor.

[0024] The generator room houses the generator. The generator operates during power outages and generates electricity to supply power to the servers in the data hall. The generator discharges heat exhaust when operating. For this reason, it is preferable to place a void for the generator room adjacent to the generator room to discharge the heat exhaust from the generator. The generator room may be located on the same floor as the corresponding data hall, or on a different floor.

[0025] The chiller room houses an air-cooled chiller. The chiller cools the coolant that cools the servers in the data hall. The chiller is a heat pump and has an evaporator and a condenser. The coolant circulates in a circulation path and is cooled by heat exchange with the chiller's evaporator within the circulation path. The chiller's condenser is cooled by ventilation. For this reason, it is preferable to place a void for the chiller room adjacent to the chiller room to discharge the exhaust heat from the chiller's condenser. The chiller room may be installed on the same floor as the corresponding data hall or on a different floor.

[0026] Figure 1 shows an example of the first type of unit design drawing, one of several types prepared in the unit design drawing preparation step, and Figure 2 shows an example of the second type. Both Figure 1 and Figure 2 are plan views (top views).

[0027] In the unit design drawing shown in Figure 1, the air conditioning machine room, data hall, and data hall void are arranged in this order in one direction, with the data hall and air conditioning machine room adjacent to each other, and the data hall and data hall void adjacent to each other. A corridor is located between the data hall and the air conditioning machine room, extending along the boundary between the data hall and the air conditioning machine room. A corridor is located between the data hall and data hall void, extending along the boundary between the data hall and the data hall void.

[0028] In this application, "arranged adjacent to each other" is not limited to cases where they are adjacent, but also includes cases where a corridor is arranged along the boundary. When a corridor is arranged, the corridor has a corridor ventilation section consisting of a ceiling chamber or air duct, and air from the air conditioning machine room toward the data hall passes through the corridor ventilation section of the corridor arranged between them, and air from the data hall toward the data hall void passes through the corridor ventilation section of the corridor arranged between them. When the air conditioning machine room and the data hall are located on the same floor but are not adjacent to each other, a ventilation section consisting of a ceiling chamber or air duct should be provided to connect them. When the data hall and the data hall void are located on the same floor but are not adjacent to each other, a ventilation section consisting of a ceiling chamber or air duct should be provided to connect them.

[0029] In the example shown in Figure 1, the air conditioning machine room, data hole, and data hole void are arranged in a single row with the same width, but in the example shown in Figure 2, only the width of the air conditioning machine room is narrower.

[0030] In the design step, one unit design drawing, as shown in Figure 1, was selected from several types of prepared unit design drawings. An example of a design drawing for a predetermined floor of a data center is shown in Figure 3.

[0031] In the design drawing of a predetermined floor of the data center shown in Figure 3, the unit design drawings shown in Figure 1 are installed in four locations as indicated by thick lines. In addition, one electrical room, generator room, generator room void, chiller room, and chiller room void are installed for each data hall. The arrows in Figure 3 indicate airflow, with white arrows indicating airflow before heating and thick arrows indicating the flow of heated exhaust air.

[0032] In the example shown in Figure 3, the electrical room is located adjacent to the air conditioning machinery room, whereas in the example shown in Figure 4, the electrical room is not located adjacent to the air conditioning machinery room.

[0033] Unit design drawings are designed separately to accommodate combinations of specification options related to data holes, HVAC machine rooms, and data hole voids, resulting in multiple types being prepared. Electrical room design drawings are designed separately to accommodate combinations of specification options related to data holes and electrical rooms, resulting in multiple types being prepared. Generator air room design drawings are designed separately to accommodate combinations of specification options related to data holes and generator rooms, resulting in multiple types being prepared. Chiller room design drawings are designed separately to accommodate combinations of specification options related to data holes and chiller rooms, resulting in multiple types being prepared.

[0034] Figure 5 shows an example of specification options related to data halls, HVAC machine rooms, data hall voids, electrical rooms, generator rooms, and chiller rooms. In Figure 5, the selected options for each specification item are shown in shaded areas.

[0035] According to this embodiment, in the design step, a design drawing for a predetermined floor of the data center can be created by selecting and installing one or more appropriate unit design drawings from multiple types of unit design drawings prepared in the unit design drawing preparation step, according to the combination of specifications related to data holes, air conditioning machine rooms, and voids for data holes. This simple design allows for efficient design of the data center based on the client's specifications.

[0036] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, since the data hole and the air conditioning machine room are arranged adjacent to each other in the unit design drawing, a design advantageous for cooling the data hole can be realized.

[0037] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, since the data hole and the void for the data hole are arranged adjacent to each other in the unit design drawing, a design that is advantageous for cooling the data hole can be realized.

[0038] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, in the design step, a data center design can be created with a simple design by selecting one or more appropriate electrical room design drawings from multiple types of electrical room design drawings prepared in the electrical room design drawing preparation step, according to the combination of specifications related to the data hall and electrical room, and installing them in the appropriate location on the appropriate floor. Therefore, the design efficiency of the data center can be improved.

[0039] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, in the design step, a data center design can be created with a simple design by selecting one or more appropriate generator room design drawings from multiple types of generator room design drawings prepared in the generator room design drawing preparation step, according to the combination of specifications related to the data hall and generator room, and installing them in the appropriate location on the appropriate floor. Therefore, the design efficiency of the data center can be improved.

[0040] Furthermore, according to this embodiment, in the design step, a data center design can be created with a simple design by selecting one or more appropriate chiller room design drawings from multiple types of chiller room design drawings prepared in the chiller room design drawing preparation step, according to the combination of specifications related to the data hall and chiller room, and installing them in the appropriate location on the appropriate floor. Therefore, the design efficiency of the data center can be improved.

[0041] Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and the embodiments described above can be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A unit design drawing preparation step involves preparing multiple unit design drawings in which a predetermined number of unitized data hall-related rooms of a predetermined size, including a data hall, an air conditioning machine room, and a void for the data hall, are installed on the same floor in a predetermined layout. A design step of creating a design drawing for a predetermined floor of a data center in which one or more of the unit design drawings are selected from a plurality of prepared unit design drawings and installed. A data center design method that includes [specific features / features].

2. The data center design method according to claim 1, wherein in the unit design drawing, the data hall and the air conditioning machine room are arranged adjacent to each other.

3. The data center design method according to claim 1, wherein in the unit design drawing, the data hole and the void for the data hole are arranged adjacent to each other.

4. The process includes an electrical room design drawing preparation step, which involves preparing multiple types of electrical room design drawings, which are design drawings for the electrical room for the aforementioned data hole. The data center design method according to claim 1, wherein in the design step, one or more electrical room design drawings are selected from a plurality of prepared electrical room design drawings, and the data center is designed using the selected electrical room design drawings.

5. The process includes a generator room design drawing preparation step, which involves preparing multiple types of generator room design drawings, which are design drawings of the generator room for the aforementioned data hole. The data center design method according to claim 1, wherein in the design step, one or more generator room design drawings are selected from a plurality of types of generator room design drawings prepared, and the data center is designed using the selected generator room design drawings.

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