Patent ID: 8780555

Claim:
A system for containing and cooling electronic equipment, the system comprising: housing means for housing electronic equipment and comprising at least two separate units configured to allow gas to pass through the housing means from a first region to cool the electronic equipment and allow the electronic equipment to expel heated gas to a second region; enclosure means, coupled to the at least two separate units of the housing means, for enclosing the second region and separating the second region from the first region; and exhaust means, coupled to at least one of the housing means and the enclosure means, for exhausting the heated gas out of the second region, the exhaust means comprising: cooling equipment to draw the heated gas from the second region into the cooling equipment, cool the heated gas to produce cooled gas, and provide the cooled gas to the first region, and a fan coupled to the enclosure means, wherein the exhaust means is configured to vertically exhaust the heated gas from the second region through the fan and laterally exhaust the heated gas from the second region through the cooling equipment with the enclosure means and the housing means inhibiting lateral exit of the heated gas from the enclosed second region except through the cooling equipment.