Data Center Power Management Through Network-Switched Crypto Mining Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Data centers, particularly those involved in cryptocurrency mining, face significant challenges in managing power consumption, leading to high operational costs and security vulnerabilities in existing power management systems.
Innovation Solution
A data center system comprising network switches that control communication between crypto miners and the crypto network, managed by a network management system responsive to an electricity power usage management system, allowing rapid adjustment of power usage without direct access to miner systems, and a power management system that maintains constant total power usage by adjusting crypto mining activity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If direct system access is used to control crypto miners, then power usage can be adjusted, but security vulnerabilities increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a network switch as an intermediary device between the crypto miners and the power management system. The network switch receives control signals from the power management system and uses them to modulate power delivery to miners indirectly, through network-based control mechanisms rather than direct system access. This intermediary approach enables power usage adjustment while maintaining security by avoiding direct access to miner systems.
2Loss of energy
If power usage is reduced rapidly, then operational costs decrease, but mining activity is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control of power delivery to crypto miners through the network switch. The system can rapidly adjust power usage by modulating network-based power delivery mechanisms, enabling flexible and dynamic power management that responds to changing operational requirements while maintaining mining activity continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The power management system operates by receiving periodic signals from the electricity power usage management system and responding with controlled power adjustments. This periodic control mechanism enables the system to reduce power consumption in response to external signals while maintaining coordinated control over mining activity interruptions.
3Reliability
If network switch controls power delivery, then security is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The network switch is designed to perform multiple functions: it serves as both a network communication device and a power control intermediary. By integrating these functions into a single device, the patent reduces overall system complexity while maintaining the security benefits of indirect power control. The network switch handles both data communication and power delivery modulation through unified control mechanisms.
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AI summary
Data centers and methods are disclosed. The data center may comprise crypto miner servers and a network switch between the crypto miner servers and a crypto network, for selectively interrupting communication between the crypto miner servers and the crypto network, thereby controlling the use of one or more of the plurality of servers for crypto mining activity and thereby controlling the associated power usage of the data center. The data center further comprises a network management system configured to receive communications from an electricity power usage management system and to control the network switch based on the communications to achieve a desired power usage for the data center. The data center May further comprise conventional computing servers and crypto mining servers and a power management system, wherein the power management system is configured to control the use of one or more the crypto mining servers to maintain a constant total data center power usage.