US 11,889,630 B2
Data center facility including external wall penetrating air handling units
Rob Roy, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Switch, Ltd., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Switch, Ltd., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/548,515.
Application 17/548,515 is a continuation of application No. 15/871,010, filed on Jan. 14, 2018, granted, now 11,622,484.
Application 15/871,010 is a continuation of application No. 15/663,169, filed on Jul. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,356,968.
Application 15/663,169 is a continuation of application No. 15/291,005, filed on Oct. 11, 2016, granted, now 9,750,164, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 15/291,005 is a continuation of application No. 13/732,942, filed on Jan. 2, 2013, abandoned.
Application 13/732,942 is a continuation of application No. 12/384,109, filed on Mar. 30, 2009, granted, now 8,523,643, issued on Sep. 3, 2013.
Application 12/384,109 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/138,771, filed on Jun. 13, 2008, granted, now 9,788,455, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/040,636, filed on Mar. 28, 2008.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/944,082, filed on Jun. 14, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104409 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); F25B 25/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/00 (2013.01) [F25B 25/005 (2013.01); G06F 1/20 (2013.01); G06F 11/3062 (2013.01); H05K 5/0213 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); H05K 7/20709 (2013.01); H05K 7/20745 (2013.01); F25B 2700/173 (2013.01); G06F 11/2015 (2013.01); G06F 2200/201 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A facility with an internal area separate from an outdoor environment, the internal area for maintaining electronic equipment disposed in a plurality of cabinet clusters, the facility comprising:
a building that includes an exterior load wall separating the internal area from the outdoor environment, the internal area containing a volume of air;
one or more wall openings in the exterior load wall;
a floor within the internal area on which the plurality of cabinet clusters are disposed;
a plurality of cabinets for holding the electronic equipment therein, the plurality of cabinets forming a plurality of rows, the plurality of rows forming the cabinet clusters, the cabinets arranged so that the electronic equipment disposed within the cabinets emit heated air from the cabinets;
one or more air conditioning units, located in the outdoor environment, that are configured to receive the heated air, condition the heated air to create cooled air, and emit the cooled air back into the internal area;
a warm air escape channel, within the building, that extends through the one or more wall openings that is configured to direct the heated air from the cabinets, through the one or more wall openings to the one or more air conditioning units; and
a cool air pathway within the building extending from the one or more air conditioning units through the one or more wall openings and towards the cabinet clusters to provide the cooled air to a cold aisle, wherein the cool air pathway comprises a plurality of air ducts structured to output the cooled air below a ceiling of the cold aisle, the ceiling being disposed opposite the floor.