Dell Products Inc.

Anthony P Middleton

Tyler B Duncan

Ty R Schmitt

Mark Mcgrath Bailey

Jeffery T Sayles

Trey S Wiederhold

Edmond Ira Bailey

Laurent Andrew Regimbal

Shane Michael Chiasson

George Thomas Holt

Gerald P Courtney

A system including a first section and a second section. The first section includes a first plurality of chassis associated with a first tenant and the second section comprising a second plurality of chassis associated with a second tenant. The system further includes a first pair of cooling units and a first pair of manifolds fluidly connecting the first plurality of chassis to the first pair of cooling units. The system further includes a second pair of cooling units and a second pair of manifolds fluidly connecting the first plurality of chassis to the first pair of cooling units.

System and method for per-tenant redundant thermal management using liquid cooling

An information handling system includes a chassis that includes a chassis inlet and a chassis outlet and a liquid cooling system that includes a first manifold. The first manifold includes a first chassis outlet configured to provide a first inlet coolant flow to the chassis inlet and a first chassis inlet configured to receive a first outlet coolant flow from the chassis outlet. The liquid cooling system also includes a second manifold that includes a second chassis outlet configured to provide the first inlet coolant flow to the chassis inlet, and a second chassis inlet configured to receive the first outlet coolant flow from the chassis outlet.

System and method for thermal management using liquid cooling

A modular information technology component includes: an information handling system; a floor, in which the floor includes a floor track apparatus and the information handling system is located on the floor; and a rack mounting component, in which the rack mounting component affixes the information handling system to the floor track apparatus.

Floor track and mounting apparatus for modular data centers

A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a plurality of information handling systems (IHSs), a utility control component (UCC), and a first connection interface, in which the first connection interface includes a first set of mechanical and electrical connection components (MECCOMs); and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a plurality of environmental control components (ECCs) and a second connection interface, in which the second connection interface includes a second set of MECCOMs to be paired with the first set of MECCOMs to generate at least a portion of the modular data center, and in which the first connection interface is connected to the second connection interface, in which an area enclosed by the first connection interface is equal to an area enclosed by the second connection interface.

Module-to-module mechanical, electrical, and airflow connections in modular data centers

A modular information technology component (MITC) includes: an information handling system (IHS); and a hinged bracket, in which the hinged bracket comprises a hinge, a base, and a holder, in which a first portion of the base is connected to the IHS, in which a second portion of the base is connected to the hinge, in which a first portion of the holder is connected to the hinge, in which a second portion of the holder is connected to an information technology component (ITC), in which the holder and the ITC are oriented in a first direction, and in which, after rotating inward or outward about the hinge, the holder and the ITC are oriented in a second direction, in which the first direction and the second direction are different.

Adjustable hinged mounting bracket for a computing device

Multiple systems and devices for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The system includes a module comprising at least one dry cooler and at least one liquid heat exchange device. The module includes a primary cooling loop with the at least one dry cooler and the at least one liquid heat exchange device. The system also includes a secondary loop that includes the at least one liquid heat exchange device and one or more IT units in a facility. The system includes a path for air cooling the one or more IT units in the facility that includes at least one air intake from outside the facility that supplies air for cooling the one or more IT units.

Scalable cooling architecture for liquid and air cooling

A modular information technology component (MITC) includes: a floor, in which the floor comprises a first floor plate (FP) and a second FP, in which the first FP and the second FP are oriented in a first plane; and a first hydraulic pump (HP) and a second HP, in which the first HP is located underneath the first FP, in which the second HP is located underneath the second FP, in which the first HP and the second HP are deactivated, in which, when an information handling system (IHS) is loaded on the second FP, the second FP becomes oriented in a second plane, in which the second plane is lower than the first plane, and in which, when the second FP becomes oriented in the second plane, the second HP is activated to raise the second FP to the first plane.

Isolated floor locking mechanism for modular data centers

A method for cooling one or more Information Technology (IT) units, the method comprising adjusting a first valve controlling liquid flow in a primary loop, wherein the primary loop comprises: at least one dry cooler of a dry cooling section, and an air/liquid exchange section comprising at least one air/liquid exchange device that provides air cooling to the one or more IT units. The method further comprising adjusting a second valve controlling liquid flow into a liquid loop interface, the liquid loop interface being connected to a secondary loop, the secondary loop comprising the one or more IT units; and at least one liquid heat exchange device of the liquid loop interface that provides liquid cooling to the one or more IT units, and wherein adjusting the first and second valves controls the ratio of liquid cooling to air cooling to the one or more IT units.

Architecture to provide liquid and closed loop air cooling

A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC comprises a cooling distribution unit (CDU), a floor, a bottom cooling distribution unit mounting component (CDUMC), a modular over-rack component (MORC), and a top CDUMC, in which the floor comprises a floor track apparatus (FTA), in which the bottom CDUMC affixes the CDU to the FTA, in which the top CDUMC affixes the CDU to the MORC, in which the top CDUMC provides air containment with an internal environment of the MITC; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC comprises a plurality of environmental control components (ECCs) and built-in airflow connection components, in which the built-in airflow connection components remove and supply air to the MITC.

Mounting apparatus for components without mounting points in modular data centers

Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The modular system for cooling Information Technology (IT) includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device, and a second module with at least one liquid heat exchange device that provides liquid cooling to a facility with one or more IT units. The modular system may also provide cooling liquid to an air to liquid heat exchange device of the facility.

Standalone and scalable liquid cooling modules

A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes a first scaffold; and a modular environmental control component (MECC), in which the MECC includes a second scaffold, in which the first scaffold is connected to the second scaffold to form a scaffold interface, in which an enclosure component is affixed to an outside surface of the first scaffold and to an outside surface of the second scaffold, and in which, once affixed to the first scaffold and to the second scaffold, the enclosure component overlaps at least a portion of the scaffold interface.

Tempest seal for modular data centers

Multiple systems for providing liquid and closed loop air cooling for Information Technology (IT) components is disclosed. The systems for cooling IT include a first module with at least one dry cooler, a second module with at least one liquid heat exchanger device, and a third module with an air to liquid exchange section that includes at least one air to liquid exchanger that provides air cooling to one or more IT units. The system may also include a fourth module that includes the one or more IT units.

Standalone and scalable cooling infrastructure

Multiple systems and methods for providing combined liquid and air cooling for IT units are disclosed. The system includes a dry cooling section with at least one dry cooler and a liquid loop interface with at least one liquid heat exchange device. A primary loop includes at least one dry cooler of the dry cooler section, and a secondary loop includes the at least one liquid heat exchange device of the liquid loop interface that provides liquid cooling to one or more IT units. The system may include an air/liquid exchange section with at least one air/liquid exchange device that provides air cooling to the one or more IT units. The at least one air-liquid heat exchange device is part of the primary loop.

A modular information technology component includes: a modular over-rack component; and an information technology component, in which the modular over-rack component includes a set of information technology component openings, in which the set of information technology component openings enables mounting of the information technology component into the modular over-rack component.

Reconfigurable modular over-rack component for modular data centers

A data center, a rack information handling system (RIHS) delivery kit, and a method provide for removing an RIHS from and delivering an RIHS to a data center. The data center includes an enclosure having a raised floor and a lateral opening. The lateral opening has a bottom edge that is aligned with the raised floor in order to transfer a rack information handling system (RIHS) through the lateral opening for a selected one of: (i) removing the RIHSs from the raised floor; and (ii) delivering the RIHS to the raised floor. The data center includes a pallet interface coupled to or integrated into an exterior edge of the raised floor and vertically presented to abut and engage a lateral edge of a roll-off rack shock pallet that supports the RIHS during transport.

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Cedar Park, TX, United States of America

Anthony P Middleton