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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2013
Hitachi Systems, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI SYSTEMS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a container-type data center having an air conditioning facility, which enables to effectively cool IT equipment by applying the arrangement to an existing container. A system ceilingis attached to a ceiling surfaceto send out cooling air to a cooling areafrom a ventof an indoor unitof an air conditioning device disposed in a container, and a draft air duct is defined by the system ceiling, a down-walland the ceiling surface. A vinyl curtainis provided on an upper portion of a rackso as to prevent cooling air having reached the cooling areafrom flowing out to a heat exhaust areawithout passing through the rackloading the IT equipment, and a vinyl curtainin a form of a shop curtain is disposed at an area used as a path for operators entering the cooling area. According to this arrangement, all the cooling air sent to the cooling areais discharged through rackslading IT equipments to the heat exhaust area, enhancing the effect of cooling the IT equipment loaded in the racks