Prefabricated Stacking Data Center Block Structures
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data center construction methods require extensive on-site installation and waste generation, with low modular integration and inflexible installation processes, leading to increased operational difficulties and longer investment recovery periods.
Innovation Solution
A prefabricating and stacking combined data center approach where block structures are prefabricated in a factory and assembled through multi-dimensional stacking on-site, allowing for flexible arrangement and connection of ancillary facilities based on customer requirements and national standards, incorporating a fire protection layer, air return layer, bridge architecture wiring layer, top-cabinet wiring layer, cabinet device layer, and air supply layer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If modularly designed data centers are shipped and packaged independently, then productization is achieved, but a large amount of on-site construction and installation work is needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the data center equipment with the building structure into an integrated modular unit. The equipment is not just shipped separately but is integrated within a prefabricated modular structure that includes structural components, enabling the structure and equipment to be installed together as one unit, thereby reducing on-site construction work while maintaining productization benefits
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary integration of equipment with structural components during factory production. The modular data center units are pre-assembled with equipment mounted on or within the structural framework, so that when delivered to site, the entire integrated unit can be installed quickly without requiring separate construction and installation phases
2Adaptability or versatility
If modularly designed data centers are assembled on-site, then installation flexibility is improved, but installation quality is directly affected by installation quality and a lot of packaging materials are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary assembly and quality control of equipment within the modular structure in the factory environment. Equipment is pre-installed, pre-tested, and quality-checked before the module is shipped, ensuring high installation quality while maintaining the flexibility of modular deployment. The module arrives as a complete, pre-assembled unit requiring minimal on-site assembly
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses standardized modular designs that can be replicated and deployed in different locations. The same proven module design is copied and deployed across multiple sites, ensuring consistent high quality installation while maintaining adaptability to different deployment scenarios through modular configuration variations
3Ease of manufacture
If containerized data centers are used, then factory completion of design and production is achieved, but fixed storage space must be prefabricated and outdoor placement requires independent lightning protection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs modular data center units with universal structural components that serve multiple functions. The structural framework not only provides mechanical support and defines storage space but also integrates lightning protection, grounding, and environmental sealing functions, eliminating the need for separate independent lightning protection systems required by traditional containerized solutions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the lightning protection system with the structural components of the modular unit. The structural framework integrates grounding elements, protective coatings, and bonding systems that provide lightning protection as an inherent feature rather than a separate add-on, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining factory completion advantages
4Productivity
If containerized data centers are deployed, then installation speed is improved, but container box increases investment and lengthens investment recovery period
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data center into modular units that can be deployed incrementally. Instead of requiring complete containerized solutions, the system divides functionality into separate modules that can be installed as needed, allowing customers to start with essential functions and add capacity over time, reducing initial material investment while maintaining fast installation speed
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the modular units from traditional container dimensions and materials to optimized structural configurations. The modular units use lighter, more efficient structural materials and optimized spatial arrangements that reduce material consumption while maintaining installation speed advantages, thereby reducing investment and shortening recovery periods
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AI summary
Disclosed is a prefabricating and stacking combined data center. The data center is formed block structures in a multi-dimensional stacking manner. The block structures are disposed to be a fire protection layer, an air return layer, a bridge architecture wiring layer, a top-cabinet wiring layer, a cabinet device layer, and an air supply layer from up to down, which are independent from each other. Provided is a prefabricating and stacking combined data center. Operation difficulty of site construction is greatly reduced by prefabricating block structures by a factory, forming the data center by multi-dimensional stacking, and connecting the block structures with each other by splicing on site. In addition, according to different requirements of customers, corresponding ancillary facilities may be designed based on volume of an IT device, and the device and a computer room may be reasonably and effectively arranged according to the corresponding national standards and specifications.