Patent ID: 8734212
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A container data center (CDC), comprising: a server system comprising a first container and a plurality of servers received in the first container; and two cooling systems, each of which comprises a second container, a cooling device and an air-directing device, the cooling device and the air-directing device being received in the second container; wherein the first container is positioned between the second containers of the two cooling systems, an interior of the first container communicates with an interior of each of the second containers, the cooling devices are configured for generating cooling air, the air-directing devices are configured for directing the cooling air from the interior of the respective second containers to the interior of the first container; wherein the first container comprises a first top plate, a first bottom plate opposite to the first top plate, and two opposite first sidewalls connecting the first top plate and the first bottom plate, the first container also comprises a floor positioned above the first bottom plate and a ceiling suspended from the first top plate, the floor and the bottom plate cooperatively define a first space, the ceiling and the top plate cooperatively define a second space, each first sidewall defines a first opening communicating the second space with the second container for receiving the cooling air, and a second opening communicating the first space with the second container for dissipating hot air from the first space, the servers are arranged in two rows and positioned between the floor and the ceiling, each row of servers is adjacent to and extends along a corresponding first sidewall, a first air channel is defined between the two rows of servers and extends through an opening in the ceiling, each server comprises a number of stacked units, each unit defines a second air channel, a third air channel is defined between each row of servers and the corresponding first sidewall, the second channel communicates the first air channel with the third air channel, the floor also defines two third openings, each of which communicates a corresponding third air channel with the first space.