Mobile data center

Abstract

At least one version is directed to a mobile data center that includes a trailer having a length greater than a width and having an interior, the trailer being configured to be transported in a direction generally parallel to the length, and a plurality of equipment enclosures installed in the interior of the trailer to form a row, with the row being parallel to the length of the trailer, wherein the row is positioned in the interior such that a first aisle is on a front side of the row and a second aisle is on a back side of the row. The mobile data center also includes at least one cooling unit constructed and arranged to draw warm air from the second aisle and provide cool air to the first aisle to cool equipment contained in the plurality of equipment enclosures.

1 . A mobile data center comprising: 
 a trailer having a length greater than a width and having an interior, the trailer being configured to be transported in a direction generally parallel to the length;    a plurality of equipment enclosures installed in the interior of the trailer to form a row, with the row being parallel to the length of the trailer, wherein the row is positioned in the interior such that a first aisle is on a front side of the row and a second aisle is on a back side of the row; and    at least one cooling unit constructed and arranged to draw warm air from the second aisle and provide cool air to the first aisle to cool equipment contained in the plurality of equipment enclosures.    
   
   
       2 . The mobile data center of  claim 1 , wherein the first aisle is substantially isolated from the second aisle to prevent air flow between the first aisle and the second aisle other than through the at least one air cooling unit.  
   
   
       3 . The mobile data center of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of equipment enclosures includes a first group of enclosures and a second group of enclosures with the at least one cooling unit disposed in the row between the first group of enclosures and the second group of enclosures.  
   
   
       4 . The mobile data center of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of cooling units disposed above the plurality of equipment enclosures and configured to draw warm air from the second aisle and to provide cool air to the first aisle.  
   
   
       5 . The mobile data center of  claim 3 , further comprising a first uninterruptible power supply disposed adjacent the first group of enclosures and a second uninterruptible power supply disposed adjacent the second group of enclosures.  
   
   
       6 . The mobile data center of  claim 1 , further comprising a raised floor disposed under the plurality of equipment enclosures and having removable tiles disposed in the first aisle.  
   
   
       7 . The mobile data center of  claim 2 , further comprising a console area having a user console, wherein the console area is isolated from the first aisle and the second aisle to prevent air flow between the first aisle and the console area and between the second aisle and the console area.  
   
   
       8 . The mobile data center of  claim 5 , further comprising a generator for generating electrical power, wherein the generator is electrically coupled to the first uninterruptible power supply and the second uninterruptible power supply.  
   
   
       9 . The mobile data center of  claim 8 , further comprising a transfer switch electrically coupled to the generator, the first uninterruptible power supply and the second uninterruptible power supply and having an input to couple to a utility source of power, and wherein the transfer switch is configured to provide power from one of the generator and the utility source to the first uninterruptible power supply and the second uninterruptible power supply.  
   
   
       10 . The mobile data center of  claim 1 , wherein the row is substantially centered in the trailer with a width of the first aisle being substantially equal to a width of the second aisle.  
   
   
       11 . A method of providing air flow in a mobile data center having at least one row of equipment racks disposed in the data center and arranged to provide a first aisle along a front side of the row of equipment racks and a second aisle along a second side of the row of equipment racks, the method comprising: 
 drawing warm air from the second aisle into a cooling device;    providing cool air from the cooling device to the first aisle;    drawing cool air into at least one equipment rack of the row of equipment racks to cool data processing equipment in the at least one equipment rack; and    exhausting warm air from the at least one equipment rack into the second aisle.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein providing cool air includes providing cool air from at least one cooling device, and wherein the method further includes isolating the first aisle from the second aisle to prevent flow of air from the first aisle to the second aisle other than through the at least one cooling device.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein providing cool air includes providing cool air from at least one cooling device located in the at least one row of equipment racks.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein providing cool air includes providing cool air from a plurality of cooling units located above the at least one row of equipment racks.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising providing uninterruptible power to equipment in the at least one row of equipment racks.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the data center includes a console area, and wherein the method further includes providing a separate cooling device for the console area.  
   
   
       17 . A mobile data center comprising: 
 a trailer having a length greater than a width and having an interior, the trailer being configured to be transported in a direction generally parallel to the length;    a plurality of equipment enclosures installed in the interior of the trailer to form a row, with the row being parallel to the length of the trailer, wherein the row is positioned in the interior such that a first aisle is on a front side of the row and a second aisle is on a back side of the row; and    means for drawing warm air from the second aisle and providing cool air to the first aisle to cool equipment contained in the plurality of equipment enclosures.    
   
   
       18 . The mobile data center of  claim 17 , further comprising means for isolating the first aisle from the second aisle to prevent air flow between the first aisle and the second aisle other than through the means for drawing warm air.  
   
   
       19 . The mobile data center of  claim 17 , wherein the means for drawing warm air includes a plurality of cooling units disposed above the plurality of equipment enclosures and configured to draw warm air from the second aisle and to provide cool air to the first aisle.  
   
   
       20 . The mobile data center of  claim 17 , further comprising means for providing uninterruptible power to the plurality of equipment enclosures.  
   
   
       21 . The mobile data center of  claim 17 , further comprising a raised floor disposed under the plurality of equipment enclosures and having removable tiles disposed in the first aisle.  
   
   
       22 . The mobile data center of  claim 21 , further comprising a console area having a user console, wherein the console area is isolated from the first aisle and the second aisle to prevent air flow between the first aisle and the console area and between the second aisle and the console area.  
   
   
       23 . The mobile data center of  claim 20 , further comprising means for generating electrical power for equipment in the plurality of equipment enclosures.  
   
   
       24 . The mobile data center of  claim 17 , wherein the row is substantially centered in the trailer with a width of the first aisle being substantially equal to a width of the second aisle.