Patent ID: 7810341

Claim:
A data center comprising: a room; first and second chilled fluid supply pipes within said room; first and second chilled fluid return pipes within said room; a plurality of fluid couplings connected with said first and second chilled fluid supply pipes and said first and second chilled fluid return pipes, each of which is configured to connect to either an air conditioner or a liquid conditioner; a raised floor, wherein said first and second chilled fluid supply pipes are under said raised floor, and wherein said first and second chilled fluid return pipes are under said raised floor; a first air conditioner coupled to said first and second chilled fluid supply pipes through a pair of said fluid couplings, and coupled to said first and second chilled fluid supply pipes through another pair of said fluid couplings; and a first air-cooled server configured such that conditioned air exiting said first air conditioner enters air intakes of said first air-cooled server.