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US 12,733,135 · App. 18/691,101 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Data center with a switch cabinet row arranged in a container and a cold aisle-warm aisle partition

Inventors: Jan Meschkat (Hüttenberg, DE); Peter Sturm (Leun, DE); Jan-Eric Schacht (Neunkirchen, DE)
Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
H05K7/20745H05K7/20145H05K7/20754H05K7/20836
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Patent No.
US 12,733,135
App. No.
18/691,101
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A data center having a switch cabinet row which is arranged in a container and which separates a cold aisle from a hot aisle by means of a partition, wherein at least one cooling device is inserted into at least one aperture through an outer wall of the container, which is connected to the inside of the container by means of its inner air circuit and which is connected to the surroundings of the container by means of its outer air circuit which is fluidically closed off from the inner air circuit, and wherein the partition fluidically separates a cooling air outlet of the inner air circuit from a warm air inlet of the inner air circuit.

Claims (14)

1 . A data center comprising a switch cabinet row which is arranged in a container and which separates a cold aisle from a hot aisle by a partition, wherein at least one cooling device is inserted into at least one aperture and extends through a vertical outer wall of the container, which is connected to the inside of the container by an inner air circuit and which is connected to the surroundings of the container by an outer air circuit which is fluidically closed off from the inner air circuit, and wherein the partition fluidically separates a cooling air outlet of the inner air circuit from a warm air inlet of the inner air circuit.

2 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the cooling air outlet is arranged below the warm air inlet, preferably vertically below the warm air inlet.

3 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the inside of the container is fluidically separated from the surroundings of the container, so that mixing of the air received in the inside of the container and the ambient air is avoided.

4 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the partition is guided at least in sections horizontally and/or at an acute angle to the horizontal.

5 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the partition is optically transparent at least in a section guided horizontally and/or at an acute angle to the horizontal.

6 . The data center according to claim 5 , wherein a light source radiating vertically downwards is arranged above the optically transparent section.

7 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the hot aisle extends above the switch cabinet row over the entire width of the inside of the container and over the switch cabinet row.

8 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the hot aisle extends between opposite vertical outer walls of the container, wherein one of the outer walls is the outer wall having the at least one aperture.

9 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the cooling air outlet is arranged below a section of the partition extending horizontally or at an acute angle to the horizontal.

10 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the cooling air outlet is arranged opposite a cooling air inlet of the switch cabinet row, wherein a warm air outlet of the switch cabinet row is arranged on a side of the switch cabinet row arranged opposite the cooling air inlet of the switch cabinet row.

11 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which a horizontal air guide having at least one air guide channel is arranged in the hot aisle above the switch cabinet row, preferably between the switch cabinet row and the roof of the container, wherein the air guide channel preferably opens into the warm air inlet of the inner air circuit of the cooling device.

12 . The data center according to claim 1 , in which the cooling device has a free cooling, which preferably has a heat pipe.

13 . The data center according to claim 12 , in which the cooling device has a refrigerating machine in addition to the free cooling, wherein the free cooling and the refrigerating machine have refrigerant circuits separate from one another.

14 . The data center according to claim 13 , in which the two refrigerant circuits are controlled to provide a required cooling power by prioritizing the free cooling and depending on a power loss of the switch cabinet row and an ambient air temperature of the container.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: MESCHKAT, JAN; STURM, PETER; SCHACHT, JAN-ERIC
To: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 066726/0199 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 126 550.9 · Oct 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240381583A1 · Nov 14, 2024
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