Patent ID: 8885335

Claim:
A data center system comprising: a partition arranged between a cold aisle on a first side of the partition and a hot aisle on a second side of the partition; a server arranged in the partition so that the server has an input opening positioned on the first side of the partition in communication with the cold aisle and an output opening on the second side of the partition in communication with the hot aisle, wherein the partition is arranged so that an airflow path of least resistance from the cold aisle to the hot aisle is through the server; an airflow throttling mechanism coupled to the server and configured to modify a resistance of the airflow path of least resistance from the cold aisle to the hot aisle based on a temperature of a component of the server, and an air supply unit, located external to the plurality of servers, configured to pressurize the cold aisle relative to the hot aisle, so that air flows from the cold aisle to the hot aisle through the server, wherein the airflow throttling mechanism comprises a ventilation flap coupled to a thermodynamically actuated baffle coupled to a heat sink of a processor included in the server.