Computer room, data center, and data center system
A data center system includes an infrastructure unit including a public area and a bridge area and at least one computer room. The computer room is disposed along an extending direction of the bridge area, and a length of the bridge area is matched with a length of computer rooms arranged along the bridge area, so that a number of computer rooms may be increased according to the needs. The computer room includes a plurality of layers of data centers stacked on each other. Cold passage areas and hot passage areas of two neighboring layers of data centers form a cold air passage and a hot air passage so that cold air produced by a cooling module may be directed to each data center, and hot air in each data center may be directed to the cooling module to enable devices in each data center to operate under appropriate temperature.
1. A computer room comprising:
a plurality of layers of data centers, each layer of the plurality of layers of data centers comprising:
a main computer room area including a separation plate having an opening, the separation plate being disposed along a horizontal direction of the main computer room area separating the main computer room area into an accommodation space at a lower layer and an air exhaust passage at an upper layer, the accommodation space being connected with the air exhaust passage through the opening;
a cold passage area disposed on a side of the main computer room area, the cold passage area being connected with the accommodation space;
a hot passage area disposed on another side of the main computer room area, the hot passage area being connected with the air exhaust passage and isolated from the cold passage area; and
a plurality of hollow structures corresponding to the cold passage area and the hot passage area respectively,
wherein:
the cold passage areas of two neighboring layers of data centers are in connection with each other through a corresponding hollow structure of the plurality of hollow structures, which forms a cold air passage running through the plurality of layers of data centers in the computer room; and
the hot passage areas of two neighboring layers of data centers are in connection with each other through another corresponding hollow structure of the plurality of hollow structures, which forms a hot air passage running through the plurality of layers of data centers in the computer room.
2. The computer room of claim 1 , further comprising a top layer disposed above the plurality of layers of data centers and equipped with a cooling module, the cooling module including a supply air duct and a return air duct, the supply air duct being connected with the cold air passage, the return air duct being connected with the hot air passage, the cooling module providing cold air to the plurality of layers of data centers through the cold air passage and recycling hot air from the plurality of layers of data centers through the hot air passage.
3. The computer room of claim 2 , further comprising a bottom layer, the plurality of layers of data centers being disposed between the bottom layer and the top layer, the bottom layer being equipped therein with a power distribution module, the power distribution module being electrically connected to the plurality of layers of data centers.
4. The computer room of claim 3 , wherein the bottom layer further comprises a firefighting module.
5. The computer room of claim 1 , wherein:
a cold air valve is disposed between the main computer room area and the cold passage area; and
the main computer room area is in connection with or isolated from the cold passage area by turning on or off the cold air valve.
6. The computer room of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hollow structures is disposed on a top surface or a bottom surface of each layer of the plurality of layers of data centers, and a grill is disposed on at least one of the plurality of hollow structures.
7. The computer room of claim 6 , wherein each layer of the plurality of layers of data centers is further equipped with a power supply device, the power supply device being disposed in the cold passage area and placed on the grill.
8. The computer room of claim 1 , wherein:
each layer of the plurality of layers of data centers is further equipped with an air conditioning module;
the cold passage area and the hot passage area are disposed on two opposite sides of the main computer room area respectively; and
the air conditioning module is isolated from the main computer room area, and connected to the cold passage area and the hot passage area, the air conditioning module configured to turn hot air from the hot passage area into cold air and to discharge the cold air into the cold passage area.
9. The computer room of claim 1 , wherein each layer of the plurality of layers of data centers further comprises a plurality of piping shafts disposed around each layer of the plurality of layers of data centers and isolated from the main computer room area, the cold passage area and the hot passage area.
10. A computer room comprising:
a top layer;
a bottom layer; and
a data center disposed between the top layer and the bottom layer, the data center comprising:
a main computer room area including a separation plate having an opening, the separation plate disposed along a horizontal direction of the main computer room area separating the main computer room area into an accommodation space at a lower layer and an air exhaust passage at an upper layer, the accommodation space being connected with the air exhaust passage through the opening;
a cold passage area disposed on a side of the main computer room area, the cold passage area being connected with the accommodation space;
a hot passage area disposed on another side of the main computer room area, the hot passage area being connected with the air exhaust passage and isolated from the cold passage area; and
a plurality of hollow structures corresponding to the cold passage area and the hot passage area respectively.
11. The computer room of claim 10 , wherein the top layer comprises a cooling module, the cooling module including a supply air duct and a return air duct, the supply air duct being connected with the cold passage area, the return air duct being connected with the hot passage area, the cooling module providing cold air to the data center through the cold air passage and recycling hot air from the data center through the hot air passage.
12. The computer room of claim 10 , wherein the bottom layer comprises a power distribution module, the power distribution module being electrically connected to the data center.
13. The computer room of claim 12 , wherein the bottom layer further comprises a firefighting module.
14. The computer room of claim 10 , wherein:
a cold air valve is disposed between the main computer room area and the cold passage area; and
the main computer room area is in connection with or isolated from the cold passage area by turning on or off the cold air valve.
15. The computer room of claim 10 , wherein:
the data center is further equipped with an air conditioning module;
the cold passage area and the hot passage area are disposed on two opposite sides of the main computer room area respectively; and
the air conditioning module is isolated from the main computer room area, and connected to the cold passage area and the hot passage area, the air conditioning module configured to turn hot air from the hot passage area into cold air and to discharge the cold air into the cold passage area.
16. A computer room for providing a vertical cooling circulation to data centers, the computer room comprising:
a plurality of data centers layered upon each other, each of the plurality of data centers comprising:
a main computer room area including a separation plate having an opening, the separation plate disposed along a horizontal direction of the main computer room area separating the main computer room area into an accommodation space at a lower layer and an air exhaust passage at an upper layer, the accommodation space being connected with the air exhaust passage through the opening;
a cold passage area disposed on a side of the main computer room area, the cold passage area being connected with the accommodation space;
a hot passage area disposed on another side of the main computer room area, the hot passage area being connected with the air exhaust passage and isolated from the cold passage area; and
a plurality of hollow structures corresponding to the cold passage area and the hot passage area respectively,
wherein:
the cold passage areas of two neighboring layers of data centers are in connection with each other through a corresponding hollow structure of the plurality of hollow structures, which forms a cold air passage running through the plurality of data centers in the computer room; and
the hot passage areas of two neighboring layers of data centers are in connection with each other through another corresponding hollow structure of the plurality of hollow structures, which forms a hot air passage running through the plurality of data centers in the computer room;
a top layer disposed above the plurality of data centers, the top layer equipped with a cooling module, the cooling module including a supply air duct and a return air duct, the supply air duct being connected with the cold air passage, the return air duct being connected with the hot air passage, the cooling module providing cold air to the plurality of data centers through the cold air passage and recycling hot air from the plurality of data centers through the hot air passage; and
a bottom layer disposed under the plurality of data centers, the bottom layer equipped therein with a power distribution module, the power distribution module electrically connected to the plurality of layers of data centers.
17. The computer room of claim 16 , wherein:
a cold air valve is disposed between the main computer room area and the cold passage area; and
the main computer room area is in connection with or isolated from the cold passage area by turning on or off the cold air valve.
18. The computer room of claim 16 , wherein:
the plurality of hollow structures is disposed on a top surface or a bottom surface of each data center of the plurality of data centers, and a grill is disposed on at least one of the plurality of hollow structures, and
each data center of the plurality of data centers is further equipped with a power supply device, the power supply device being disposed in the cold passage area and placed on the grill.
19. The computer room of claim 16 , wherein:
each data center of the plurality of data centers is further equipped with an air conditioning module;
the cold passage area and the hot passage area are disposed on two opposite sides of the main computer room area respectively; and
the air conditioning module is isolated from the main computer room area, and connected to the cold passage area and the hot passage area, the air conditioning module configured to turn hot air from the hot passage area into cold air and to discharge the cold air into the cold passage area.
20. The computer room of claim 16 , wherein each data center of the plurality of data centers further comprises a plurality of piping shafts disposed around the respective data center and isolated from the main computer room area, the cold passage area and the hot passage area.