Patent ID: 8549869

Claim:
A computing center, comprising: a shipping container configured for transport by a semi-trailer truck; a plurality of computer racks mounted within the shipping container to form one or more rows adjacent an aisle area that is arranged for human occupation, the computer racks of one of the rows comprising front sides that are adjacent the aisle area and back sides that are adjacent a wall of the shipping container; and a plurality of fans arranged in the container adjacent the plurality of computer racks, wherein the racks are positioned so as to define a warm air plenum that is separated from a cool air plenum by one or more cooling coils, so that the cool air plenum is configured to differ substantially in temperature from the warm air plenum, and at least one of the warm air plenum or cool air plenum comprises a fluid pathway between an open front side of a first rack and an open front side of a second rack that is adjacent the first rack, and one or more fans of the plurality of fans associated with the second rack are positioned to circulate air through the fluid pathway from the open front side of the first rack to the open front side of the second rack.