IP Library Granted Patent US 10,900,228
Granted Patent B2
US 10,900,228 · App. 16/181,749 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Data center

Inventors: Tomoki Morita (Kawasaki, JP); Kuang Min Tan (Sumida-ku, JP); Naoki Yoshida (Katsushika-ku, JP); Taku Oyama (Ota-ku, JP); Jerry Gilreath (Sacramento, CA); James Carlisle (Sacramento, CA)
Assignees: NTT Ltd Japan Corporation; RagingWire Data Centers, Inc.
E04B9/02E04B5/48E04B9/006E04H1/06E04H5/00F16L3/26H04Q1/064E04H2005/005
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Patent No.
US 10,900,228
App. No.
16/181,749
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data center includes a floor; a side wall configured to partition a space above the floor into a room; a plurality of server columns arranged in a row direction on the floor, each of the plurality of server columns including a plurality of servers that are arranged to form a column in a column direction; an inclined ceiling that increases in height from a first side toward a second side in the column direction; and a first cable tray configured to hold a first cable, the first cable tray being provided in a space below the inclined ceiling on the first side in the column direction, and extending along the row direction.

Claims (50)

1. A data center comprising:

a floor;

a side wall configured to partition a space above the floor into a room;

a plurality of server columns arranged side by side with spaces between each other in a row direction on the floor, each of the plurality of server columns including a plurality of stacks of servers that are arranged as a plurality of rack servers disposed adjacent to each other to form a column, when viewed overhead above the floor, in a column direction which is parallel to a longest side of each of the columns when viewed overhead above the floor and is perpendicular to the row direction when viewed overhead above the floor;

an inclined ceiling that increases in height from a first side of the room toward a second side of the room in the column direction while the inclined ceiling has a constant height in the row direction; and

a first cable tray configured to hold a first cable, the first cable tray being provided in a space below the inclined ceiling on the first side of the room, and the first cable tray extending along the row direction and perpendicular to the column direction, wherein the first cable tray is disposed at a single location with the room without being disposed directly above any of the plurality of servers.

2. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein a clearance, between each of the plurality of server columns and the inclined ceiling, increases from the first side toward the second side.

3. The data center according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an exhaust port that is provided in the side wall on the second side in the column direction, the exhaust port being configured to exhaust air in the room outside of the room.

4. The data center according to claim 3 , wherein a height of the exhaust port is greater than or equal to a height of the inclined ceiling on the first side.

5. The data center according to claim 3 , wherein the exhaust port is positioned directly below the inclined ceiling on the second side.

6. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tray is disposed at a position that is higher than the plurality of server columns in a height direction.

7. The data center according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a vent hole through which air passes, the vent hole being provided on the floor, wherein

the first cable tray is disposed at a position that does not overlap the vent hole in a planar view, inside the room.

8. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tray has a shape of a ladder.

9. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein

a clearance, between each of the plurality of server columns and the inclined ceiling, is smaller on the first side than on the second side in the column direction, and

the first cable tray is hung from the inclined ceiling.

10. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable is drawn out from a second side of the first cable tray toward at least one of the plurality of server columns.

11. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tray does not contact the side wall.

12. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tray is formed as a mesh.

13. The data center according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable tray includes a portion having a color that is different from a color of the side wall.

14. The data center according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second cable tray configured to hold a second cable, the second cable tray being provided in a space below the inclined ceiling on the first side in the column direction, wherein

the first cable tray and the second cable tray are disposed at different positions in a height direction and are disposed at different positions in a planar view.

15. The data center according to claim 14 , wherein the first cable is a cable of an electric power system and the second cable is a cable of a network system.

16. A data center comprising:

a floor;

a first side wall configured to partition a space above the floor into a first room;

a plurality of first server columns arranged side by side with spaces between each other in a row direction on the floor, each of the plurality of first server columns including a plurality of stacks of servers that are arranged as a plurality of rack servers disposed adjacent to each other to form a column, when viewed overhead above the floor, in a column direction which is parallel to a longest side of each of the columns when viewed overhead above the floor and is perpendicular to the row direction when viewed overhead above the floor;

a first inclined ceiling that increases in height from a first side of the first room toward a second side of the second room in the column direction while the inclined ceiling has a constant height in the row direction;

a first cable tray configured to hold a first cable, the first cable tray being provided in a space below the first inclined ceiling on the first side of the first room, and extending along the row direction and perpendicular to the column direction, wherein the first cable tray is disposed at a single location with the first room without being disposed directly above any of the plurality of first servers;

a second side wall configured to partition a space above the floor into a second room;

a plurality of second server columns arranged side by side with spaces between each other in the row direction on the floor, each of the plurality of second server columns including a plurality of stacks of second servers that are arranged as a plurality of rack servers disposed adjacent to each other to form a column, when viewed overhead above the floor, in the column direction which is parallel to a longest side of each of the columns when viewed overhead above the floor and is perpendicular to the row direction when viewed overhead above the floor;

a second inclined ceiling that increases in height from the second side of the second room toward the first side of the second room in the column direction while the inclined ceiling has a constant height in the row direction;

a second cable tray configured to hold a second cable, the second cable tray being provided in a space below the second inclined ceiling on the second side of the second room, and extending along the row direction and perpendicular to the column direction, wherein the second cable tray is disposed at a single location with the second room without being disposed directly above any of the plurality of second servers; and

a corridor disposed between the first room and the second room.

17. The data center according to claim 16 , wherein

the first inclined ceiling and the second inclined ceiling are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction,

the plurality of first server columns and the plurality of second server columns are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a planar view and are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction, and

the first cable tray and the second cable tray are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction.

18. The data center according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a first exhaust port that is provided in the first side wall on the second side in the column direction, the first exhaust port being configured to exhaust air in the first room outside of the first room; and

a second exhaust port that is provided in the second side wall on the first side in the column direction, the second exhaust port being configured to exhaust air in the second room outside of the second room.

19. The data center according to claim 18 , wherein

the first inclined ceiling and the second inclined ceiling are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction,

the plurality of first server columns and the plurality of second server columns are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a planar view and are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction,

the first cable tray and the second cable tray are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction, and

the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port are bilaterally symmetric with respect to the corridor in a side view from the row direction.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 8, 2020
From: NTT WORLDWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
To: NTT LTD JAPAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053718/0191 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2020
From: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
To: NTT WORLDWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051751/0784 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2018
From: NTT WORLDWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
To: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047557/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2018
From: MORITA, TOMOKI; TAN, KUANG MIN; YOSHIDA, NAOKI; OYAMA, TAKU; GILREATH, JERRY; CARLISLE, JAMES
To: NTT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION; RAGINGWIRE DATA CENTERS, INC.; NTT WORLDWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047422/0626 →
Continuity (1)
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