Patent ID: 7365973
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A system for cooling a data center having a volume of space designed to house a plurality of electronic equipment racks, each equipment rack being arranged in a row and having a housing adapted to support at least one piece of electronic equipment, the system comprising: a plurality of cooling racks, each cooling rack comprising a housing and cooling system components supported by the housing; a fluid communication system coupled to the cooling system components of the plurality of racks, the fluid communication system being configured to provide chilled coolant to and exhaust heated coolant from coolant system components of each cooling rack: at least one controller coupled to each cooling rack of the plurality of cooling racks to control operation of each cooling rack; a control valve, operably coupled to the controller, to control flow of coolant to the at least one cooling rack; and a monitor, operably coupled to the controller, to measure environmental conditions of the volume of space, wherein the plurality of cooling racks and the fluid communication system are configured to be modular to allow placement of cooling racks in different locations in a row of equipment racks within the volume of space of the data center, and wherein the controller is configured to determine the cooling capacity of each cooling rack and display the capacity on the monitor.