Nvidia patents smart power system for data center batteries
Nvidia has been granted a patent for a power control circuit that manages electricity in data centers. The system decides whether to send power to server racks or use it to charge backup batteries based on how full those batteries are.
In the filing’s own words
A power control circuit to control data center power delivery is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the power control circuit may be configured to selectively cause at least a portion of a supplied power to be directed to one or more server racks or to charge one or more batteries based, at least in part on, one or more charge levels corresponding to the one or more batteries.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A data center system, comprising: one or more power controller circuits configured to selectively cause at least a portion of a supplied power to be directed to one or more server racks or to charge one or more batteries based, at least in part on, one or more charge levels corresponding to the one or more batteries, wherein the at least one of the one or more power controller circuits is configured to send one or more control signals to the one or more server racks to set one or more rack powers based on the one or more charge levels and one or more minimum charge levels for uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- Systems and methods for data center power distribution
- Patent number
- US12738757B2
- Application number
- 18961192
- Filed
- Nov 26, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
H02J 7/933 Electricity & electronicsH01M 10/44 Electricity & electronicsH02J 7/02 Electricity & electronicsH02J 9/061 Electricity & electronicsH02J 9/068 Electricity & electronicsH02J 2105/425 Electricity & electronicsMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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