System of critical datacenters and behind-the-meter flexible datacenters
Systems include one or more critical datacenter connected to behind-the-meter flexible datacenters. The critical datacenter is powered by grid power and not necessarily collocated with the flexboxes, which are powered “behind the meter.” When a computational operation to be performed at the critical datacenter is identified and determined that it can be performed art a lower cost at a flexible datacenter, the computational operation is instead routed to the flexible datacenters for performance. The critical datacenter and flexible datacenters preferably shared a dedicated communication pathway to enable high-bandwidth, low-latency, secure data transmissions.
1. A system comprising
a flexible datacenter comprising:
a behind-the-meter power input system configured to receive power from a power generation system prior to the power undergoing step-up transformation for transmission to the grid,
a first power distribution system,
a datacenter control system, and
a first plurality of computing systems powered by the behind-the-meter power input system via the first power distribution system, wherein the flexible datacenter control system is configured to modulate power delivery to the plurality of computing systems based on one or more monitored power system conditions or an operational directive;
a critical datacenter comprising:
a grid-power input system,
a second power distribution system,
a critical datacenter control system, and
a second plurality of computing systems powered by the grid-power input system via the second power distribution system;
a first communication link between the flexible datacenter and the critical datacenter; and
a routing control system configured to (i) identify a computational operation to be performed at a critical datacenter, (ii) determine whether to route the computational operation to the flexible datacenter, and (iii) based on a determination to route the computational operation to the flexible datacenter, cause the computational operation to be sent to the flexible datacenter via the first communication link.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing control system comprises a remote master control system.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the remote master control system is not collocated with the flexible datacenter.
4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the remote master control system is not collocated with the critical datacenter.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing control system and the flexible datacenter control system are a single control system.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing control system and the critical datacenter control system are a single control system.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first communication link includes a remote master control system within the first communication link.
8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote master control system communicatively coupled to the flexible datacenter via a second communication link, wherein the computational operation does not travel on the second communication link.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the flexible datacenter and the critical datacenter are not collocated.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein monitored power system conditions comprises one or more of excess local power generation at a local station level, excess local power generation that a grid cannot receive, local power generation subject to economic curtailment, local power generation subject to reliability curtailment, local power generation subject to power factor correction, low local power generation, start up local power generation situations, transient local power generation situations, or testing local power generation situations where there is an economic advantage to using local behind-the-meter power generation.
11. A system comprising
a plurality of flexible datacenters, each flexible datacenter comprising:
a behind-the-meter power input system configured to receive power from a power generation system prior to the power undergoing step-up transformation for transmission to the grid,
a first power distribution system,
a datacenter control system, and
a first plurality of computing systems powered by the behind-the-meter power input system, wherein the flexible datacenter control system is configured to modulate power delivery to the plurality of computing systems based on one or more monitored power system conditions or an operational directive;
a critical datacenter comprising:
a grid-power input system,
a second power distribution system,
a critical datacenter control system, and
a second plurality of computing systems powered by the grid-power input system via the second power distribution system;
a first communication link between the plurality of flexible datacenter and the critical datacenter; and
a routing control system configured to (i) receive a computational operation, (ii) determine whether to route the computational operation to a flexible datacenter in the plurality of flexible datacenters, (iii) based on a determination to route the computational operation to a flexible datacenter in the plurality of flexible datacenters, determine a specific flexible datacenter in the plurality of flexible datacenters to route the computational operation to, and (iv) cause the computational operation to be sent to the specific flexible datacenter via the first communication link.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing control system comprises a remote master control system.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the remote master control system is not collocated with the flexible datacenter.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the remote master control system is not collocated with the critical datacenter.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing control system and the flexible datacenter control system are a single control system.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the routing control system and the critical datacenter control system are a single control system.
17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first communication link includes a remote master control system within the first communication link.
18. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote master control system communicatively coupled to the flexible datacenter via a second communication link, wherein the computational operation does not travel on the second communication link.
19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the flexible datacenter and the critical datacenter are not collocated.
20. The system of claim 11 , wherein monitored power system conditions comprises one or more of excess local power generation at a local station level, excess local power generation that a grid cannot receive, local power generation subject to economic curtailment, local power generation subject to reliability curtailment, local power generation subject to power factor correction, low local power generation, start up local power generation situations, transient local power generation situations, or testing local power generation situations where there is an economic advantage to using local behind-the-meter power generation.