Patent ID: 7856838
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: E04H,H01L,H05K

Abstract:
1. A moveable data center comprising: a portable enclosure having an exterior wall extending around an outer periphery of the enclosure and an interior wall within the exterior wall that defines a continuous closed-loop air passage; a plurality of data processing modules arranged in the closed-loop air passage; a plurality of heat exchange modules arranged in the closed-loop air passage; and a plurality of fan units arranged in the closed-loop air passage that direct air through the closed-loop air passage around the data processing modules and through the heat exchange modules; wherein the plurality of data processing modules and the plurality of heat exchange modules are respectively arranged in a plurality of stacks in a first direction and further arranged in an alternating pattern within the closed-loop air passage, and wherein a closed-loop air flow circulates in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction through the closed-loop air passage, and wherein the fan units, the stacks of heat exchange modules, and the stacks of data processing modules are arranged in a repeating sequence so that the fan units direct the air through the heat exchange modules to cool the air that then flows around the data processing modules to transfer heat from the data processing modules to the air that then flows to the next fan unit in a repeating sequence.