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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Bret W. Lehman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Bret W. Lehman, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Optimizing free cooling of data centers through weather-based intelligent control, including: receiving predictive weather information for the data center's location, wherein the predictive weather information includes information describing expected future weather conditions at the data center's location; receiving a predetermined target inlet air flow temperature for computing components in the data center; receiving excursion information describing acceptable temporary operating conditions during which the predetermined target inlet air flow temperature for computing components in the data center is higher than the sustainable inlet air flow temperature for computing components in the data center; and determining a free air cooling schedule in dependence upon the predictive weather information and the excursion information, the free air cooling schedule specifying periods of time during which cooling is provided with free air.