Multi-Level Datacenter Power Layout for Small-Footprint Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Space-limited geographical areas with high data processing needs, such as urban areas, face challenges in accommodating sprawling modular datacenter configurations, necessitating a more compact and efficient electric infrastructure and layout configuration for multilevel modular datacenters.
Innovation Solution
A multi-level modular datacenter configuration featuring a lower containment unit with UPS and PDCS, an upper containment unit with battery assembly and transformer, and an electrical distribution infrastructure with vertically-aligned cabling and conduit structures to minimize cable lengths and optimize space usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If single-level modular datacenter configurations are deployed, then installation speed and cost reduction are improved, but space utilization deteriorates due to sprawling footprint requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from horizontal single-level deployment to vertical multi-level stacking, utilizing the third dimension (height) to accommodate datacenter equipment. Multiple containment units are stacked vertically with support structures, allowing high-density data processing in space-limited areas while maintaining modular deployment advantages
2Area of stationary object
If vertical stacking is implemented to reduce footprint, then space utilization is improved, but electrical infrastructure complexity worsens due to inter-level cabling requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical infrastructure is segmented into modular components: power distribution cabinets in lower units, battery assemblies in upper units, and standardized conduit systems. This segmentation allows independent installation and maintenance of each segment while reducing overall complexity
Solution Approach 2:
Electric conduit structures serve as intermediaries between containment units, providing pre-configured pathways for electrical cabling. These conduits simplify the vertical electrical infrastructure by consolidating cable routing through standardized intermediate channels rather than ad-hoc installations
3Area of stationary object
If equipment is vertically distributed across multiple levels, then space efficiency is improved, but installation complexity worsens due to alignment and cabling requirements
Solution Approach 1:
Support structures and conduit systems are designed with pre-configured alignment features and standardized mounting interfaces. Containment units incorporate predetermined attachment points and vertically-aligned conduit openings, enabling straightforward assembly without complex field alignment procedures
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-level modular datacenter for data processing equipment comprising a lower containment unit configured to house at least one uninterruptible power supply unit, a power distribution cabinet system, and one upper porthole disposed on a roof surface of the lower containment unit; an upper containment unit aligned and vertically disposed directly above the lower containment unit, the upper containment unit configured to house a battery assembly, a transformer, and a one lower porthole disposed on a floor surface of the upper containment unit; an electrical distribution infrastructure comprising electrically-communicative cabling to service the lower and upper containment units and the components disposed therein; and at least one electric conduit component, disposed between the lower and upper containment units configured to be aligned with the upper portholes and the lower portholes to accommodate routing of the electrically-communicative cabling and piping between the lower and upper containment units.