Patent ID: 7684193

Claim:
A system for cooling equipment in a plurality of equipment racks, the system comprising: a first rack of the plurality of equipment racks configured to house electronic equipment such that cooling gas is drawn from a first area into a front face of the first rack and heated gas from the first rack is exhausted through a back face of the first rack into a second area; a second rack of the plurality of equipment racks configured to house cooling equipment to draw gas from the second area into a back face of the second rack, cool the drawn gas in the second rack to produce cooled gas and provide the cooled gas out of a front face of the second rack into the first area; and an enclosure coupled to at least a pair of the plurality of equipment racks, wherein the back faces of the plurality of equipment racks and the enclosure are arranged to substantially laterally-enclose the second area and define a top opening allowing gas to vertically exit or enter the second area.