Submerged, Self-Sustained Waterborne Data Center Facility

Abstract

A self-sustained, submerged waterborne data center facility that utilizes a closed-looped heat management system that is both energy-efficient and cost-effective is disclosed. Embodiments employ a closed-looped, energy efficient, cost effective thermal management system that leverages natural resources to control thermal conditions and reduce the overall requirement for cooling power.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A self-sustained waterborne facility comprising:
 a submerged marine vessel;   a datacenter coupled to a network and housed in the submerged marine vessel;   a reconfigurable thermal containment system coupled to at least one of the submerged marine vessel and the data center; and   a single or plurality of closed-loop cooling units comprised in the reconfigurable thermal containment system.   
     
     
         2 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 1  wherein the reconfigurable thermal containment system is configured to pump surrounding water from an environment surrounding the submerged marine vessel through filtered water intake pipes, and the single or plurality of closed-loop cooling units absorb heat generated by the datacenter via a single or plurality of heat exchangers comprised in the thermal containment system. 
     
     
         3 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a software management suite; 
 a plurality of wireless sensors; 
 wherein the software management suite is configured to: 
 continuously collect environmental data and reconfigurable thermal containment system data via the plurality of wireless sensors; 
 continuously collect data from a plurality of applications and virtual machines comprised in the data center, a power source, and a utility energy market via a data collection layer coupled to the network. 
 
     
     
         4 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 3  wherein based on the data collected by the plurality of wireless sensors and the data collection layer, the software management suite automatically, and without manual intervention, enables dynamic data center facility operation actions for migrating application loads and power loads from the data center facility to another data center facility coupled to the network. 
     
     
         5 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 3  wherein the software management suite further comprises a predictive analytics engine configured to dynamically control the thermal containment system based on the application and power load migration and data center facility operational states to sustain optimal data center facility efficiency. 
     
     
         6 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 1  wherein the closed loop cooling units are further comprised in a water-based closed loop cooling system. 
     
     
         7 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 1  wherein the reconfigurable thermal containment system further comprises:
 a cooling input; 
 a single or plurality of filtered water exhaust pipes; 
 a single or plurality of water pumps, coolant heat exchange piping, and coolant distribution piping; 
 a closed-loop coolant distribution unit; and 
 wherein the coolant distribution unit is caused to pass heated coolant through the coolant heat exchange piping, and wherein surrounding water pumped through the filtered water intake pipes is caused to absorb heat from the heated coolant via a single or plurality of heat exchangers. 
 
     
     
         8 . The self-sustained waterborne facility of  claim 1  wherein the closed-loop coolant distribution unit is coupled to a single or plurality of heat exchangers.