Modular Container Module With Parallel Columns For Data Center
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional data center construction methods, such as those using concrete structures, face challenges like long construction cycles, high costs, poor flexibility, and inconvenient maintenance due to their inflexible design, while prefabricated data centers with modular designs struggle with resource wastage and cumbersome wiring in multiple containers.
Innovation Solution
A container module design featuring a baseplate assembly with parallel columns that can be extended above or below the baseplate, allowing for vertical stacking and easy installation of industrial equipment, along with a truss structure that reduces material consumption and enhances structural strength, facilitating flexible deployment and efficient wiring.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a concrete structure is adopted for data center construction, then structural strength is ensured, but construction cycle is prolonged and flexibility is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The data center is divided into multiple container modules that can be independently manufactured and then assembled. Each container module is a self-contained unit with baseplate assembly, columns, and equipment space, allowing parallel production and rapid on-site assembly, thus reducing construction cycle while maintaining structural strength through modular design
Solution Approach 2:
The container modules are pre-manufactured with all necessary structural components (baseplate assembly, columns, walls, roof) before delivery to the site. This preliminary fabrication allows for quality control and structural strength assurance in the factory, while enabling rapid assembly at the destination, thereby shortening the overall construction cycle
2Strength
If a concrete structure is adopted for data center construction, then structural strength is ensured, but costs increase and maintenance becomes inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The structure is segmented into modular container units that can be independently accessed, removed, and replaced. This modularity allows maintenance personnel to access equipment and perform repairs without disrupting the entire structure, making maintenance convenient while preserving structural strength through standardized connection interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The container modules are designed to be movable and reconfigurable rather than fixed. The modules can be relocated, rearranged, or removed based on changing needs, providing dynamic adaptability that facilitates maintenance and operational flexibility while maintaining structural integrity through robust connection systems
3Productivity
If multiple containers are deployed for prefabricated data center, then rapid deployment is achieved, but resource matching becomes difficult and wiring becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The container modules are designed with universal connection interfaces and standardized wiring arrangements that can be applied across all modules. This universality allows for simplified wiring procedures and easier resource allocation, as the same connection protocols and wiring patterns can be used throughout the entire data center, reducing overall complexity despite having multiple containers
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple container modules are merged into a coordinated system with unified wiring infrastructure and resource management. The modules share common power distribution, cooling systems, and network infrastructure, which simplifies wiring requirements and resource allocation compared to having separate independent systems, while maintaining the rapid deployment advantage of modular architecture
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AI summary
A container module, a container assembly, and a data center are disclosed. The container module (10) includes a baseplate assembly (11) and a plurality of columns (12), where the baseplate assembly includes a base frame (111) and a baseplate (112) fixed on the base frame, the plurality of columns are fixed on the base frame in parallel to each other, each column has an extension section extending above the baseplate assembly, and/or a lower end of each column has an extension section extending below the baseplate assembly. The container assembly includes at least two container modules that are stacked vertically and/or connected laterally. The data center includes a function device and the container module. The container module can ensure structural strength and a use function of the container module, and can save materials.