Container Data Center House

A container data center house is a modular data center form that uses a standard container body as its structural shell, highly integrating various units of the data center room.

I. Basic Composition and Characteristics
Container data center houses use common 20-foot or 40-foot standard containers as their shells, highly integrating units such as cabinet systems, power systems, power distribution systems, refrigeration terminals, network cabling, fire protection, and environmental monitoring. Their design supports independent operation and rapid deployment, utilizing factory-prefabricated modules to significantly reduce on-site deployment time. Typically, container manufacturing, equipment installation, and commissioning are completed in a factory assembly line, greatly reducing on-site work time. For example, Delta's Wujiang factory's container data center assembly line completes all processes within the factory, substantially shortening the construction cycle.

II. Performance Advantages
This type of data center has a low Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) value, indicating high energy efficiency and effectively reducing energy consumption costs. It also supports a wide operating temperature range, adapting to different environmental conditions. In terms of application scenarios, it is not restricted by fixed locations and can be deployed outdoors, on rooftops, in the wild, etc., meeting the needs of edge computing and temporary capacity expansion. For example, it provides computing infrastructure for edge nodes such as 5G and IoT, enabling rapid response to the growing demand for computing power in business operations.

III. Relationship with Micro-Modular Data Centers
From a system perspective, container-based data centers are a form of implementation for micro-modular data centers. Micro-modules emphasize “modularization based on cabinets,” with cold aisle containment, in-row air conditioning, and modular UPS as standard features. Container data centers, building on this foundation, encapsulate the entire module within a transportable, liftable, and relocatable container, inherently possessing mobility and rapid deployment attributes, further enhancing the application flexibility of data centers.

IV. Cost and Benefits
Container data center houses reduce costs associated with land approval, civil engineering, and decoration. Their ability to expand on demand and relocate as a whole avoids resource waste in traditional data center construction, improving resource utilization, lowering construction and operational costs for enterprises, and enhancing economic benefits.