Expandable data center with side modules

摘要

Enlarging a computing room includes moving a movable wall of a computing room away from one or more other walls of the computing room such that a gap is created in an expansion zone between the movable wall and the other walls. Side modules are coupled in the gaps between the movable wall and the other walls such that the side modules, the movable wall, and the other walls define an enlarged computing room that includes the expansion zone.

主权项

1. A method of enlarging a computing room, comprising:
moving a movable end wall of the computing room, wherein moving the moveable end wall increases an area of the computing room such that an enlarged computing room includes the area of the computing room and an area of an expansion zone, wherein the area of the expansion zone has a same width as a width of the computing room and a length corresponding to a distance in which the moveable end wall is moved; and coupling one or more side modules in one or more gaps along a perimeter of the expansion zone to fill the one or more gaps along the perimeter of the expansion zone, wherein the one or more gaps along the perimeter of the expansion zone are located on one or more sides of the expansion zone transverse to a direction of movement of the moveable end wall; wherein the one or more side modules are coupled in the one or more gaps such that the one or more side modules fill the one or more gaps and extend out from the expansion zone into a space outside the expansion zone; wherein the enlarged computing room that includes the expansion zone is defined, at least in part, by the one or more side modules, the movable end wall, and at least one other wall.