Patent Application Number: 2008260481
Filing Date: March 27, 2008Priority Date: June 04, 2007
Inventors: Scott Noteboom, Albert Dell Robison, Jesus Suarez, Norman Holt
Applicants: Yahoo! Inc
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A server cooling room, comprising:

one or more openings whereby air inside and outside the server cooling room is exchanged;

one or more server racks in which one or more servers is placed;

one or more cooling devices attached to the one or more server racks and attached to the one or more air intakes, each cooling device comprising:

an enclosure comprising at least one server rack port configured to interface with one or more server racks, the enclosure defining an interior space; and

a cooling module operative to supply cool air to the interior space defined by the enclosure from a top surface of the enclosure; and

wherein the cooling module comprises a cooling unit operative to cool air supplied to the interior space.