Patent ID: 11956928
Assignee: CORE SCIENTIFIC OPERATING COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 19:
20. A data center for operating computing devices comprising:
a set of external walls;
a ceiling connected to the external walls, wherein the ceiling comprises a plurality of circular ceiling openings;
a pod positioned within the external walls and below the ceiling; wherein the pod supports a plurality of computing devices that are positioned to vent exhaust air into a hot aisle formed by a plurality of air barriers, wherein the hot aisle comprises a plurality of circular pod exhaust openings;
a plurality of flexible fabric tubes each connecting one of the circular pod exhaust openings to the circular ceiling openings; and
wherein the circular ceiling openings and the circular pod exhaust openings are each arranged in an offset two-dimensional array.