Google Inc.

Exaflop LLC

David W Stiver

Gregory P Imwalle

Jimmy Clidaras

William Riis Hamburgen

Andrew B Carlson

Winnie Leung

Jonathan Beck

Steven T Y Chow

Andrew J Schran

Thomas Chris Newcomb

Amir Meir Michael

Taliver Heath

Timothe P Hockin

Duncan Laurie

Shawn Lewis

An apparatus for monitoring and maintaining thermal exhaust temperatures for monitored servers may include a processor in communication with an exhaust temperature control system. The processor may implement various control loops to monitor inlet and exhaust temperatures for one or more servers, and the processor may monitor temperatures of various hardware components within those one or more servers. When the processor determines that a hardware component for a given server is overheating, the processor may take steps to decrease the temperature of the overheating hardware component for the given server. To determine whether a hardware component is overheating, the processor may leverage the hardware component's operating temperature margin.

Dynamic server-level thermal control based on component temperatures

Method for adjusting cooling device based on battery presence

Dynamic server-level thermal control using inlet and exhaust temperatures

A system includes a first computing component and a second computing component. A first measurement indicative of a temperature of a first computing component is received. A second measurement indicative of a temperature of a second computing component is received. A thermal value is calculated for the first computing component based on the first measurement and the second measurement. In response to determining that the calculated thermal value exceeds the threshold, an operational or physical parameter of the system is modified.

Data center thermal monitoring

A datacenter cooling apparatus includes a portable housing having lifting and transporting structures for moving the apparatus, opposed sides in the housing, at least one of the opposed sides defining one or more air passage openings arranged to capture warmed air from rack-mounted electronics, opposed ends in the housing, at least one of the opposed ends defining one or more air passage openings positioned to allow lateral passage of captured air into and out of the housing, and one or more cooling coils associated with the housing to receive and cool the captured warm air, and provide the cooled air for circulation into a datacenter workspace.

Modular data center cooling

A system includes a cooling water intake conduit having a water intake in a submerged area of an open natural body of water, a first water-to-water heat exchanger having a first side in fluid communication with the cooling water intake conduit, and a closed water loop in fluid communication with a second side of the water-to-water heat exchanger and arranged to route water to cooling structures at a computer data center.

Water-based data center

A rack-mount computer system includes one or more rows of computer racks, wherein each row of computer racks includes a pair of rows of computer racks positioned back-to-back relative to each other, a plurality of computer motherboards mounted in each of the racks in each row of computer racks and having front edges open to a workspace for receiving circulating air over the motherboards, the motherboards positioned to create a warm air plenum near a back edge of each motherboard, and a fan positioned adjacent each of the plurality of computer motherboards to circulate air across the computer motherboards and into the warm air plenum.

A measurement indicative of a temperature of a computer is received and a thermal health value for the computer is calculated based on the measurement.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for directing airflow through a computing device. This system comprises an airflow baffle, which includes a set of signal pins and a circuit. The airflow baffle is configured to direct airflow through the computing device, and the set of signal pins are configured to interface the airflow baffle with the computing device. Moreover, the circuit in the airflow baffle is coupled to the set of signal pins, and is configured to use the signal pins to notify the computing device that the airflow baffle is installed in the computing device.

Detectable null memory for airflow baffling

A system includes a floating platform-mounted computer data center comprising a plurality of computing units, a sea-based electrical generator in electrical connection with the plurality of computing units, and one or more sea-water cooling units for providing cooling to the plurality of computing units.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

David W Stiver