US 11,956,928 B1
Data center cooling
Jacob Taylor, Los Altos, CA (US); Thomas Middleton Rutledge Fuller, Seattle, WA (US); and Lawrence Kom, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Core Scientific Operating Company, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Core Scientific, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,786.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,174, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F24F 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20745 (2013.01) [F24F 7/06 (2013.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data center for operating computing devices comprising:
a set of external walls;
a ceiling connected to the external walls, wherein the ceiling comprises a plurality of circular ceiling openings;
a pod positioned within the external walls and below the ceiling; wherein the pod supports a plurality of computing devices that are positioned to vent exhaust air into a hot aisle formed by a plurality of air barriers, wherein the hot aisle comprises a plurality of circular pod exhaust openings;
a plurality of flexible fabric tubes each connecting one of the circular pod exhaust openings to the circular ceiling openings; and
a plurality of covers, wherein each cover is connected to one end of one of the flexible fabric tubes, wherein the plurality of covers are configured to deflect rainwater from entering the flexible fabric tubes while permitting exhaust air to escape.