Data center having expandable or multipurpose configuration

Abstract

A building includes a data center to house computing equipment including computers and servers. The data center stores data. The building also includes a multipurpose center that houses office spaces, conference rooms and meeting rooms. The data center and multipurpose center differ in function but share resources. The data center is expandable using a configuration of a control room, an electrical room and a mechanical room. Additional data center floors adjoin existing structures to increase available space in a linear manner.

1 . A data center comprising:
 a data center floor having a floor and a plurality of rows of computing equipment;   a first control room adjoining a first side of the data center floor to monitor and control the plurality of computing equipment;   a first electrical room on a second side of the data center floor to supply power and network connections to the plurality of rows of computing equipment;   a first mechanical room on a third side of the data center floor to provide cooling or air movement to the data center floor, wherein the first mechanical room is perpendicular to the first electrical room; and   a new data center floor having a plurality of rows of computing equipment and adjoining the first mechanical room or the first electrical room, wherein the data center floor and the new data center floor share resources of the first mechanical room or the first electrical room.   
     
     
         2 . The data center of  claim 1 , further comprising a second electrical room to extend linearly from the first electrical room and adjoining the new data center floor. 
     
     
         3 . The data center of  claim 1 , further comprising a second mechanical room to extend linearly from the first mechanical room and adjoining the new data center floor. 
     
     
         4 . The data center of  claim 1 , wherein the floor of the data center floor is located above a slab. 
     
     
         5 . The data center of  claim 4 , wherein a plenum space separates the floor from the slab in the data center floor. 
     
     
         6 . The data center of  claim 1 , further comprising a second control room to extend linearly from the first control room. 
     
     
         7 . A building comprising:
 a data center having at least one data center floor enclosed by a control room, a electrical room and a mechanical room, wherein the data center includes rows of computing equipment; and   a multipurpose center having an office space, conference room or lobby and a hallway, wherein the multipurpose center receives heat or energy from the data center.   
     
     
         8 . The building of  claim 7 , further comprising a plurality of data center floors within the data center. 
     
     
         9 . The building of  claim 7 , wherein heated air from the data center is collected by the mechanical room and diverted to the multipurpose center. 
     
     
         10 . The building of  claim 7 , wherein the hallway connects the control room of the data center to the lobby of the multipurpose center. 
     
     
         11 . A method for expanding a data center, the method comprising:
 configuring a first control room, a first electrical room and a first mechanical room around a first data center floor, wherein the first electrical room and the first mechanical room are perpendicular to each other;   building a second electrical room linearly from the first electrical room or a second mechanical room linearly from the first mechanical room;   building the second data center floor along the second electrical room or the second mechanical room and adjoining the first electrical room or the first mechanical room; and   bringing the second data center floor online with the first data center floor.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising building a second control room linearly from the first control room. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising adding electrical equipment to the second electrical room corresponding to electrical equipment in the first electrical room. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising adding cooling or air movement units to the second mechanical room. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the building the second data center floor step includes placing a slab at a depth below a floor. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising creating a plenum space between the floor and the slab. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising placing a plurality of stanchions on the slab to hold the floor for the second data center floor.