Patent ID: 9141155
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A data center system comprising: a plurality of computing assets included in a compartment, each computing asset having a first side oriented toward a cold aisle and having a second side oriented toward a hot aisle, the hot aisle having a lower pressure relative to the cold aisle so that incoming air having an ambient air temperature flows from the cold aisle to the hot aisle across the computing assets; an intake opening configured to receive air from outside of the data center and direct the air to the cold aisle; and a hot stack coupled to the hot aisle via an opening, the hot stack extending outside of the data center and having a height from the opening sufficient to, at a temperature difference between a temperature of air in the hot aisle and a temperature of the air outside of the data center, create a pressure difference that causes air to flow from the hot aisle through the opening and through the hot stack at a rate based at least in part on the height of the hot stack and a cross-sectional area of the hot stack.