Patent ID: 9173327
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
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 air flows from the cold aisle to the hot aisle across the computing assets; a wind collecting structure exposed to an environment external to the data center system, having a plurality of inlets positioned along a perimeter of the wind collecting structure and facing multiple directions, each inlet configured to receive air from the external environment and direct the air to an interior of the wind collecting structure, the wind collecting structure fluidly coupled to the compartment and configured so that upon receiving air via one or more inlets a pressure in the wind collecting structure is higher than a pressure in the compartment so air flows from the wind collecting structure to the compartment; and an exhaust system coupled to the compartment and configured to extract air from the hot aisle.