Patent ID: 9101080
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: E04H,G06F,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A modular computing system for a data center, comprising: one or more data center modules, wherein at least one of the data center modules comprises: one or more air handling modules coupled to at least one of the one or more data center modules, wherein at least one of the one or more air handling modules comprises at least one fan, wherein the at least one air handling module is configured to provide air downwards into the particular end of the cold aisle to at least one of the two or more rack-mounted computer systems in at least one of the one or more data center modules, via the module air inlet of the at least one data center module, and upwards from the at least one data center module, via the module air exit of the at least one data center module, into the one or more air handling modules; and wherein the at least one of the one or more air handling modules is configured to move air downwards into the particular end of the cold aisle through the module air inlet at the particular end of the cold aisle, laterally down the cold aisle, away from the particular end of the cold aisle and along at least two racks in the row of racks, laterally through computing systems in the two or more rack-mounted computer systems in the row of racks, laterally down the hot aisle along the two or more rack-mounted computer systems in the row of racks and away from the particular end of the cold aisle and towards the opposite end of the hot aisle, and upwards out of the module air exit at the opposite end of the hot aisle.