Patent ID: 7961463

Claim:
A power-efficient data center containing at least one resource item, comprising: the at least one resource item, said at least one resource item including a housing having an air-intake portion and an air-output portion, said at least one resource item including a group of data processing modules within the housing, the data processing modules comprising components to perform core functions of the data processing modules; and an air moving system of the data center that is outside the at least one resource item, the air moving system propelling a flow of air mixture that circulates within the data center, the flow of air mixture having a heated component and a cooled component, the flow of air mixture circulating within the data center by: a portion of the heated component mixing with ambient unconditioned air to form the cooled component, the ambient unconditioned air having been drawn into the data center by the flow of air mixture, the cooled component flowing through the resource item via the air-intake portion and the air-output portion thereby gaining heat from the data processing modules and becoming the heated component, and after flowing through the resource item, the heated component flowing to a vent, the air moving system including the vent, wherein the vent receives the heated component and redirects the portion of the heated component to flow toward the air-intake portion to be mixed with the ambient unconditioned air.