US 12,438,380 B2
Data center system and method of operating the data center system
Chad McCarthy, The Hague (NL)
Assigned to NLIGHTEN HQ B.V., The Hague (NL)
Filed by NLIGHTEN HQ B.V., Schiphol-Rijk (NL)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/173,189.
Claims priority of application No. 22158675 (EP), filed on Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0268743 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/46 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/466 (2020.01) [H02J 3/32 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2203/10 (2020.01); H02J 2300/10 (2020.01); H02J 2300/30 (2020.01); H02J 2300/40 (2020.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data center system (1), comprising at least the following components: a data center (30), a power source module (10), and an energy conversion module (20), wherein
the data center (30) is connected to at least two prime-rated electricity sources configured to provide electricity to the data center (30), wherein a first electricity source is an electricity grid (2) and wherein a second electricity source is the power source module (10), wherein
the power source module (10) comprises a gas-powered electricity generator (12, 12-1, 12-2) to generate electricity from gas, wherein the power source module (10) is connected to a gas network (3), wherein the power source module (10) is further connected to the data center (30), wherein
the energy conversion module (20) is connected to a regenerative energy source (4) configured to produce electricity, as well as to the gas network (3), wherein the energy conversion module (20) is configured to generate gas, comprising or consisting of hydrogen and/or methane using electricity from the regenerative energy source (4), wherein the energy conversion module (20) is configured to feed the generated gas into the gas network (3), wherein,
the system (1) is configured to provide electricity from the power source module (10) to the data center (30), wherein the system (1) is configured to provide electricity from the power source module (10) via the data center (30) synchronously to the electricity provided by the electricity grid (2), wherein the electricity grid (2) is connected to a common conducting element (37) that is connected upstream to a bi-directional converter (32) of the data center (10), wherein the power source module (10) comprises a reciprocating gas engine (12-1) configured to burn gas provided to the power source module (10) to generate AC-electricity, wherein the power source module (10) is connected to the common conducting element (37).