Container data center
A container data center includes a container, a row of racks installed in the container, an air conditioner, and a heat insulation apparatus. A cool channel and a heat channel are defined at two opposite sides of the row of racks. The removable heat insulation apparatus divides the cool channel into a first space and a small second next to the racks, and maintains the cooled air in the second space. Cooled air from the air conditioner is fed into the second space air conditioner, flows through the racks to remove heat generated, and enters the heat channel.
1. A container data center, comprising:
a container;
a row of racks received in the container, wherein a cool channel and a heat channel are defined in the container, respectively at two opposite sides of the row of racks;
an air conditioner; and
a heat insulation apparatus received in the cool channel, wherein the heat insulation apparatus is operable of dividing the cool channel into a first space away from the racks and a second space next to the racks, an air outlet of the air conditioner is located in the second space, cool air generated by the air conditioner is forced into the second space, flows through the row of racks, and enters the heat channel.
2. A container data center comprising:
a container;
a row of racks received in the container, wherein a cool channel and a heat channel are defined in the container, respectively at two opposite sides of the row of racks;
an air conditioner; and
a heat insulation apparatus received in the cool channel, wherein the heat insulation apparatus is operable of dividing the cool channel into a first space away from the racks and a second space next to the racks, an air outlet of the air conditioner is located in the second space, cool air generated by the air conditioner is forced into the second space, flows through the row of racks, and enters the heat channel;
wherein the heat insulation apparatus comprises a bracket fixed to a top of the container, a shaft rotatably installed to the bracket, a motor driving the shaft to rotate, and a shield member operable to be wrapped around or unwrapped from the shaft.
3. The container data center of claim 2 , wherein the shield member is made of heat insulation material, and comprises a first side fixed to the shaft, and a second side opposite to the first side and abutting a bottom of the container in response to the shield member unwrapped from the shaft to divide the cool channel into the first space and the second space.
4. The container data center of claim 2 , wherein the bracket comprises an installing plate fixed on an inner surface of the container, and two end plates extending down from two opposite ends of the installing plate, the shaft is installed between the end plates.
5. The container data center of claim 4 , wherein the installing plates respectively define two opposite shaft holes, two opposite ends of the shaft are rotatably installed in the shaft holes.
6. The container data center of claim 4 , wherein the container comprises a bottom wall, a top wall opposite to the bottom wall, a rear wall connected between rear sides of the bottom wall and the top wall, and a front wall connected between front sides of the bottom wall and the top wall, each rack comprises a front plate facing the front wall and a rear plate facing the rear wall, the row of racks are supported on the bottom wall and parallel to the rear wall.
7. The container data center of claim 6 , wherein the front wall and the front plates of the row of racks cooperatively bound the cool channel, the rear wall and the rear plates of the row of racks cooperatively bound the heat channel.
8. The container data center of claim 2 , wherein the motor comprises a transmission belt coiled between the shaft and the motor, and the motor drives the shaft to rotate through the transmission belt, to allow the shield member to wrap around or unwrap from the shaft.