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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard Stuart Roy, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2013.01); H05K 7/20709 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring the thermal state of a data center. According to the method and apparatus, thermal sensors are placed at various locations in a data center and readings from those sensors are collected. Once collected, the readings are used in controlling the operation of the data center.