US 11,943,901 B1
Container-based data center
Weston Adams, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Core Scientific Operating Company, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Core Scientific, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/081,393.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,648, filed on Feb. 11, 2020.
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B01D 39/10 (2006.01); E04H 5/02 (2006.01); E04H 1/12 (2006.01); E04H 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20736 (2013.01) [B01D 39/10 (2013.01); E04H 5/02 (2013.01); E04H 2001/1283 (2013.01); E04H 2005/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for operating a container-based data center, the system comprising:
a shipping container comprising two long sides each having one or more ventilation openings;
an array of triangular prism air intake vents affixed to the outside of the shipping container on around the one or more ventilation openings on a first of the two long sides, wherein one rectangular side of each triangular prism vent comprises a rectangular air filter; and
a plurality of racks for holding computing devices in close proximity to a second of the two long sides; and
wherein the rectangular air filter is arranged at an angle to the one or more ventilation openings.