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Patent US9933804

Issued 2018-04-03

Server Installation As A Grid Condition Sensor

This document relates to analyzing electrical grid conditions using server installations. One example obtains first grid condition signals describing first grid conditions detected by a first server installation during a first time period. The first server installation is connected to a first electrical grid and first previous grid failure events have occurred on the first electrical grid during the first time period. The example also obtains second grid condition signals describing second grid conditions detected by a second server installation during a second time period. The second server installation is connected to a second electrical grid that is geographically remote from the first electrical grid and second previous grid failure events have occurred on the second electrical grid during the second time period. The example also includes using the first grid condition signals and the second grid condition signals to predict a future grid failure event on the second electrical grid.

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1. A system comprising: a hardware processor; and a hardware computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to: train an algorithm using historical grid condition signals obtained from a first electrical grid and a second electrical grid, the historical grid condition signals reflecting historical failures on the first electrical grid and the second electrical grid, the first electrical grid being geographically remote from the second electrical grid; obtain current first grid condition signals describing first grid conditions detected by a first data center, wherein the first data center is connected to the first electrical grid; evaluate the current first grid condition signals using the trained algorithm to make a prediction of a future failure event on the second electrical grid; and prior to occurrence of the future failure event, cause an adjustment to a local energy storage device or a local generator at a second data center that is connected to the second electrical grid, the local energy storage device or the local generator powering multiple servers at the second data center.
9. A method comprising: obtaining current first grid condition signals describing first grid conditions detected by a first server farm, wherein the first server farm is connected to a first electrical grid; evaluating the current first grid condition signals using a trained algorithm to make a prediction of a future failure event on a second electrical grid that is geographically remote from the first electrical grid, the trained algorithm being trained using historical grid condition signals obtained from the first electrical grid and the second electrical grid, the historical grid condition signals reflecting historical failures on the first electrical grid and the second electrical grid; and based at least on the prediction and prior to an occurrence of the future failure event, causing an adjustment to a local energy storage device or a local generator at a second server farm that is connected to the second electrical grid, the local energy storage device or the local generator powering multiple servers at the second server farm.
18. A system comprising: a hardware processor; and a hardware computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to: obtain current first grid condition signals describing first grid conditions detected by a first data center that is connected to a first electrical grid; evaluate the current first grid condition signals using a trained algorithm to make a prediction of a future failure event on a second electrical grid that is geographically remote from the first electrical grid, the trained algorithm being trained using historical grid condition signals obtained during historical grid failures; and based at least on the prediction and prior to occurrence of the future failure event, cause an adjustment to a local energy storage device or a local generator at a second data center that is connected to the second electrical grid, the local energy storage device or the local generator powering multiple servers at the second data center.