Patent ID: 9717165
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: E04H,F24F,F25D,G06F,H05K

Claim:
1. A method of cooling racks of items of electronic equipment in a data centre building, wherein the racks of items of electronic equipment are accommodated in a plurality of rack storage areas on a floor in the data centre building, and the data centre building comprises: said method of cooling comprising the following steps: operating one or more controllable air circulation devices comprising one or more fans, upstream of the racks of items of electronic equipment to cause the transporting of air, via a humidity-based cooling unit, to the cold aisles and thus to the racks of items of electronic equipment, the air comprising one of (a) ambient air from outside the data centre building and (b) ambient air from outside the data centre building and recirculated air; removing the air from the racks of items of electronic equipment; and at least partially exhausting the removed air from the data centre building; and wherein said transporting of air to the racks of items of electronic equipment is performed in a manner wherein said air is transported above the floor via the at least one access corridor to the plurality of cold aisles, and said transporting of air to the racks of items of electronic equipment and said removing the air from the racks of items of electronic equipment causes air to flow past the items of electronic equipment at a rate high enough to cool the items of electronic equipment.