Patent ID: 8290629

Claim:
One or more computer storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method to control airflow, the method comprising: receiving climate data including data center temperature from one or more sensors located in a data center having multiple sections, each section having at least one airflow generator, and each airflow generator having an airflow capacity; comparing temperature thresholds and data center temperature for one or more of the multiple sections to determine if a violation has occurred; (1) if a violation has occurred in a first section: (a) evaluating climate data for one or more other sections that do not include the first section, (b) based on the evaluated climate data, identifying additional airflow capacity available in the one or more other sections that can provide air flow suitable to correct the violation, the suitable air flow produced by one or more airflow generators in the one or more other sections, and (c) routing air flow suitable to correct the violation from at least one of the one or more other sections to one or more areas in the first section of the data center that contribute to the violation until the data center temperature in the first section violating the temperature threshold no longer violates the temperature threshold; and (2) if no violation occurs, periodically receiving and storing data center temperature updates from the one or more sensors.