Alternative data center building designs

摘要

A multi-floor data center, comprising in one implementation, a plurality of floors; a first set of server racks disposed about a first vertical center axis on each floor, the first set of server racks formed in a substantially closed shape, with a substantially vertical open center comprising a first airflow plenum at least for air flow; a first opening in each of the floors, with the first opening aligned with the substantially vertical first airflow plenum on it respective floor, wherein the substantially vertical first airflow plenums on the floors are aligned for communication through the first openings in the floors; outer wall; a roof with a roof opening therein.

主权项

1. A multi-floor data center, comprising:
a first plurality of floors; a first set of server racks disposed about a first vertical center axis on each floor, the first set of server racks on each floor formed in a substantially closed shape, with a substantially vertical open center comprising a first airflow plenum; a first opening in each of the plurality of floors above a first one of the plurality of floors, wherein each of the first openings is aligned about the first vertical center axis to allow airflow between a portion of the first airflow plenum on a floor of the plurality of floors with a different portion of the first airflow plenum on an adjacent floor; an outer wall disposed around and spaced from the first set of server racks, with the space between the first set of server racks and the outer wall comprising a second airflow plenum; and a first roof portion on a top one of the plurality of floors having a first roof opening therein aligned with the first airflow plenum to allow fluid communication between the first airflow plenum and an external environment outside of the data center.