Patent ID: 9483090
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F01D,F01K,F05D,G06F,H02K,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing for conditioning of a computer data center, the method comprising: supplying a working fluid from a common fluid plane to a plurality of power/cooling units distributed across a data center facility in proximity to electronic equipment that is distributed across the data center facility, each power/cooling unit comprising an electric generator unit configured to generate electric power from the working fluid and output waste from the working fluid to a cooling unit to generate a cooling fluid from the waste to cool the electronic equipment, each power/cooling unit further comprising a unitary housing that encloses the electric generator unit and the cooling unit; converting the working fluid into electric power and cooling capacity at each of the plurality of power/cooling units; and supplying the electric power to a common electric power plane that is electrically coupled to a plurality of racks of the electronic equipment in the data center facility, the common electric power plane electrically coupled to the plurality of the power/cooling units in the data center facility, wherein the common fluid plane serves at least 10 percent of the power/cooling units in the data center facility and the common electric power plane serves at most 5 percent of the electronic equipment in the data center facility.