| 摘要 |
A data centre (100) includes at least one rack room (in for example module 140) having a floor and a plurality of rack storage areas on the floor, each rack storage area being arranged to accommodate a plurality of racks (143) in which a plurality of rack-mountable electronic components may be housed, one or more controllable air circulation systems (in for example module 122), one or more cold aisles (144) in the rack room, each cold aisle being adjacent to a rack storage area, and one or more hot aisles (145) in the rack room, each hot aisle being adjacent to a rack storage area. There may be a large air duct, in the form of a personnel corridor (123), for transporting, under the control of the one or more air circulation systems, cooling air, above the floor, to the one or more cold aisles. The air supply corridor/duct (123) may have a height greater than 1.5 m above the floor and a cross-sectional area of at least 2 m2 and a maximum dimension in the plane of the cross-section of less than 3 m. |
| 主权项 |
1. A data centre building including:
a floor and a plurality of rack storage areas on the floor, each rack storage area being arranged to accommodate a plurality of racks in which a plurality of rack-mountable electronic components may be housed, one or more cold aisles, each cold aisle being adjacent to a rack storage area, one or more hot aisles, each hot aisle being adjacent to a rack storage area; an air cooling system comprising a non-refrigerant based cooling apparatus selected from the list consisting of a humidification unit, an evaporative cooling unit and an adiabatic cooling unit, the air cooling system also comprising one or more controllable air circulation systems arranged to cause circulation of cooling air to the plurality of rack storage areas under a controlled pressure regime in which a differential pressure is maintained between the pressure in a cold aisle and the pressure in a hot aisle, so that air flow is encouraged from the cold aisle to the hot aisle; wherein the data centre building includes a corridor having a height greater than 1.5 m above the floor which, together with at least one member selected from the group consisting of (a) the one or more cold aisles, and (b) the one or more hot aisles, facilitates personnel access to the rack storage areas, and wherein the corridor is an air supply corridor in fluid communication with the air cooling system and one or more cold aisles, and structured to transport, under the control of the one or more air circulation systems, cooling air, above the floor, from the air cooling system to the one or more cold aisles. |
