Abstract: A system includes at least one storage tank configured to store at least one of first compressed air or liquid air. The system also includes a power supply system comprising a turbine, a generator, and a flywheel. The power supply system is configured to receive second compressed air from the at least one storage tank, wherein the second compressed air comprises either the first compressed air or the liquid air which has been heated into a gaseous state; spin the turbine and the flywheel using the second compressed air, wherein the spinning of the turbine generates electrical energy at the generator; provide the electrical energy to a data center for powering electronic devices of the data center; and provide at least a portion of the second compressed air exhausted by the turbine to the data center for cooling the electronic devices of the data center.

Abstract: A system includes multiple modular hot aisle cooling units (MHACUs) arranged in a series in a data hall, each MHACU configured to cool multiple servers in the data hall, the servers arranged in multiple containment modules within the data hall, each containment module comprising a hot aisle. The system also includes multiple vestibules, each connected to the hot aisles of at least two of the multiple containment modules and configured to allow heated air to flow between the hot aisles. The system also includes a pump package configured to provide cooling fluid to the multiple MHACUs. The system also includes at least one computing device configured to control at least one of air throughput, leaving air temperature, or leaving fluid temperature in each of the multiple MHACUs to customize cooling levels to different ones of the multiple containment modules.

Abstract: A system includes one or more power distribution blocks configured to provide power to multiple computing devices in a data center. The system also includes a redundancy power distribution block configured to provide redundant power to the computing devices in the data center. The system further includes multiple mechanical cooling electrical distribution blocks electrically coupled to the redundancy power distribution block, each mechanical cooling electrical distribution block configured to provide mechanical cooling to the computing devices in the data center. In response to detection of a power failure in at least one of the mechanical cooling electrical distribution blocks, the redundancy power distribution block is further configured to provide electrical power to the at least one mechanical cooling electrical distribution block exhibiting the power failure.

Abstract: A system includes multiple buildings including a first building and a second building disposed in close proximity to each other. Each of the buildings has a first end configured to receive ambient supply air from an exterior environment and a second end configured to output exhaust air to the exterior environment. Each of the buildings contains multiple computing devices. The computing devices in each building are configured to generate thermal energy that is transmitted to the supply air, thereby heating the supply air into the exhaust air before the exhaust air exits that building. The first end of the first building is a closest end to the second building and the first end of the second building is a closest end to the first building. The first end of the first building and the first end of the second building form portions of a supply air corridor between the first building and the second building.

Abstract: A system includes one or more modular hot aisle cooling units (MHACUs) disposed in a data hall, each MHACU configured to cool one or more servers in the data hall. The system also includes a fluid cooler configured to receive the heated fluid from the one or more MHACUs, cool the heated fluid into cooled fluid, and output the cooled fluid. The system also includes a fluid supply line configured to convey the cooled fluid to the one or more MHACUs in order to cool heated air inside the data hall. The system also includes a pump package configured to control a flow of the heated fluid and the cooled fluid. The fluid cooler, the one or more MHACUs, and the pump package form a single fluid loop.

Abstract: A system includes multiple MHACUs for cooling one or more servers in a data hall. The system also includes a pump package for providing cooling fluid to the MHACUs, and a fluid supply line conveying the cooling fluid to the MHACUs. The system also includes at least one computing device configured to: determine that a cooling fluid temperature in a first MHACU has risen to a first temperature that is less than a predetermined maximum temperature; in response to the determination, control the system to provide at least some of the cooling fluid to a second MHACU; determine that the cooling fluid temperature in the second MHACU has risen to a second temperature that is at least the predetermined maximum temperature; and in response to the determination, control the system to provide the cooling fluid to a fluid return line for return to the pump package.

Abstract: A power distribution center includes a housing comprising multiple walls and multiple openings, one or more UPS modules and battery racks, and at least one exhaust air duct disposed above the one or more UPS modules and battery racks. The at least one exhaust air duct has an outlet aligned with at least one first opening. The power distribution center is configured to receive cooling air from outside the power distribution center and convey the cooling air to the one or more UPS modules and battery racks. The one or more UPS modules and battery racks are configured to transfer thermal energy to the cooling air, thereby creating heated exhaust air. The at least one exhaust air duct is configured to receive and convey the heated exhaust air to the at least one first opening to expel the heated exhaust air to an exterior space.

Abstract: A method includes receiving temperature measurements from multiple temperature sensors in a power supply system that includes multiple coils arranged in a series downstream of a turbine, each coil configured to receive thermal energy from an air stream exhausted from the turbine as the air stream moves toward a data center, each coil associated with at least one fluid loop. The method also includes using a first subset of the temperature measurements to determine a blended fluid mix from a primary fluid path and a heated fluid reservoir in order to obtain a predetermined leaving fluid temperature at a first coil of the multiple coils. The method further includes controlling a position of one or more valves associated with the primary fluid path and the heated fluid reservoir to achieve the determined blended fluid mix.

Abstract: A system includes a turbine configured to exhaust an air stream. The system also includes a first coil configured to transfer thermal energy to the air stream when the air stream passes by or through the first coil, wherein the first coil is downstream of the turbine. The system also includes a second coil configured to transfer thermal energy to the air stream when the air stream passes by or through the second coil, wherein the second coil is downstream of the first coil. The system also includes a third coil configured to transfer thermal energy to the air stream when the air stream passes by or through the third coil, wherein the third coil is downstream of the second coil. The air stream is configured to cool one or more electronic components of a data center that is downstream of the third coil.

Abstract: A system includes at least one storage tank configured to store at least one of first compressed air or liquid air. The system also includes a power supply system comprising a turbine, a generator, and a flywheel. The power supply system is configured to receive second compressed air from the at least one storage tank, wherein the second compressed air comprises either the first compressed air or the liquid air which has been heated into a gaseous state; spin the turbine and the flywheel using the second compressed air, wherein the spinning of the turbine generates electrical energy at the generator; provide the electrical energy to a data center for powering electronic devices of the data center; and provide at least a portion of the second compressed air exhausted by the turbine to the data center for cooling the electronic devices of the data center.

Abstract: A system includes a metering device to receive first electrical energy from a power source and provide at least a portion of the first electrical energy to a data center during a first time period. The system also includes an electrical-to-mechanical energy conversion device to convert air to a compressed or liquified state using at least the portion of the first electrical energy. The system also includes a storage container to receive the air and store the air in the compressed or liquified state. The system also includes a mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion device to: receive the air from the storage container in a gaseous, compressed state; generate second electrical energy for powering the data center; and exhaust cooled air for providing to the data center to cool the electronic devices.