System and method for arranging equipment in a data center

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9996659
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13544343

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A system and method for providing a layout of equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one rack-based cooling provider. In one aspect, the method includes receiving data regarding airflow consumption for each of the plurality of equipment racks and cooling capacity of the at least one cooling provider, determining a layout of the data center, displaying the layout of the data center. In the method determining a layout can include pairing each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks with another equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks based on airflow consumption of each of the plurality of equipment racks to create a plurality of pairs of equipment racks, arranging the pairs of equipment racks to form a two-row cluster of equipment racks based on the airflow consumption value of the equipment racks.

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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION70 MECHANIC STREET FOXBORO MA 02035

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Shrivastava, Saurabh K Lowell, US 10 308
VanGilder, James W Pepperell, US 29 2138

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