A modular data center has an air handling unit (AHU) that is coupled to a first panel that is engaged over a first opening in a volumetric container. The AHU directs pressurized supply air through a supply air outlet into a cold aisle causing the supply air to pass through a first side of the IT component(s) installed in an interior of the volumetric container. A chimney of a return air plenum captures return air from a second side of the IT component(s), directing the return air to a return air duct of the return air plenum that is connected to a return air inlet of the AHU. In one or more embodiments, a second AHU is coupled to a second panel that is engaged to a second opening in a second side, directing pressurized supply air via a supply air plenum to the opposing first side.

A computing device of an information handling system includes a computing component and a chassis for housing the computing component. The computing components may be, for example, a portion of a circuit card, hardware device, or other physical structure. The chassis includes an air exchange for receiving gases for thermal management of the computing component and a corrosion management component, physically connected directly to the air exchange, that reduces a rate of corrosion of the air exchange due to the gases.

An environmental control system is provided. The environmental control system can include a cooling device and a heating device. The cooling device can lower the temperature of fluid contained within a cold reservoir and the heating device can raise the temperature of fluid contained within a hot reservoir.

A cooling apparatus includes a housing, a cooling air duct, and an adsorption refrigeration unit. The housing includes a plurality of sidewalls, and the plurality of sidewalls form an inner cavity. The cooling air duct passes through the inner cavity. The adsorption refrigeration unit includes an adsorption bed, a flash evaporator, and an air cooler, the flash evaporator is connected to the air cooler, both the flash evaporator and the air cooler are disposed in the inner cavity, and the air cooler is located on a path of the cooling air duct. At least one of the plurality of sidewalls is a refrigeration sidewall, the refrigeration sidewall includes an internal wall plate and an external wall plate, the internal wall plate and the external wall plate are spaced apart and form sealed space, the sealed space is connected to the flash evaporator.

A modular data center (MDC) includes a volumetric container comprising an enclosure having first and second exterior walls at a forward and an aft end, connected by lateral exterior walls. Information technology component(s) are positioned longitudinally within the container between a cold aisle and a hot aisle. An air handling system includes two or more air handling units (AHUs) each having a return air inlet and a supply air outlet. A supply air plenum directs cooling air flow from the supply air outlets to a supply air opening positioned adjacent to the cold aisle. Backflow prevention mechanisms are positioned respectively at each supply air outlet of the AHUs. Each backflow prevention mechanism is moveable into an open position to allow cooling air flow out of the supply air outlet of a corresponding AHU and a closed position in response to deactivation of an air mover of the corresponding AHU.

A method of making a data centre is disclosed, comprising making a data centre in an existing building (3010) having a floor, walls and a roof, an air inlet and an air outlet. The method includes: installing prefabricated data centre elements by (a) connecting to the inlet an air handling module (3001, 3002); and (b) installing cold aisle services modules (3011) each having one or more integrated blanking portions and one or more data centre services extending along its length terminating with a connection to an adjacent module (3011); and installing racks of IT equipment arranged in parallel rows; the method being so performed that the floor, racks, and cold aisle services modules (3011) together define parallel cold aisles for entraining cooling air flows to the IT equipment. Also disclosed are a data centre, a service carrying frame and a cold aisle services module for a data centre and a supporting frame for supporting prefabricated data centre elements.

Described herein is an integrated data center that provides for efficient cooling, as well as efficient wire routing.

An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels defining a compartment in which one or more electronic components are mounted and an exhaust air duct that is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the compartment from cool air entering the compartment, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure. The exhaust duct includes a lower duct section extending upward from the top panel of the compartment and an upper duct section telescoping upward from an upper end of the lower duct section. Each duct section includes four panels connected together by hinged corner fittings such that the section is collapsible. The upper duct section includes an outwardly flared portion.

As air inside a building (e.g., a data center or any building that generates heat) becomes heated, it rises and is received or captured by a heat containment and then expelled from the building. The hot air is not recycle, recirculated, or re-cooled. Hot air being expelled from the building creates a pressure differential in which the pressure at the hot side of the building (where the heat containment is located) is lower than the cool side of the building. To this end, a chilling unit is installed at an opening of a building to supply cooled air at a constant rate. The chilling unit does not have an internal controller. Rather, an air conditioning (AC) unit of the building acts as an external controller. The AC unit is be set to maintain a target temperature and only runs when the temperature inside the building is above the target temperature.

A server holder includes a holder defining a holder volume and having server supports spaced apart in the holder volume to support servers. The holder defines a holder opening to permit fluid communication between the server supports in the holder volume and air flowing outside the holder. At least one baffle is mounted to the holder adjacent to one or more of the server supports. The at least one baffle extends outwardly from the holder. The at least one baffle is shaped and sized to locally restrain the air flowing outside the holder around the one or more server supports.