Patent ID: 7508666

Claim:
A cooling system for a facility housing electronic equipment, the facility having a support surface on which a cabinet holding the electronic equipment is located, the system comprising: a cooling loop located beneath the support surface and containing a supply of circulating heat absorbing fluid; a fan unit located beneath the support surface and configured to move air across the cooling loop such that the heat adsorbing fluid removes thermal energy from the moving air; at least one duct forming a confined flow pathway for the moving air between the fan unit and the cabinet, wherein the cabinet is formed with a substantially lateral exhaust pathway such that the moving air enters via a back region of the cabinet, flows across the electronic equipment, housed by the cabinets, to remove thermal energy therefrom, and exits a front region of the cabinet; and a chilling plate positioned downstream of the flow of moving air exiting the cabinet such that the chilling plate is located outside of the front region of the cabinet, the chilling plate is coupled to a secondary cooling loop containing a supply of heat absorbing fluid.