Silicon Graphics International Corporation

Rackable Systems, Inc.

Lawrence B Seibold

Giovanni Coglitore

Jason Enos

Conor Malone

A computing system and method of operating a computing system is provided. The computer system includes: a housing comprising a shipping container having a first interior lateral wall and a second interior lateral wall; a first row of equipment provided along the first interior lateral wall with a first exhaust region between the first row of equipment and the first interior lateral wall; a second row of equipment provided along the second interior lateral wall with a second exhaust region between the second row of equipment and the second interior lateral wall; and an aisle provided between the first row of equipment and the second row of equipment; wherein said first and second rows of equipment each comprise a plurality of rack assemblies and a plurality of computers supported by the plurality of rack assemblies such that front sides of the computers face the aisle and back sides of the computers face either the first or second interior lateral walls, said front and back sides of the computers including vents enabling cooling air to pass through the computers between the aisle and the first and second exhaust regions.

Container-based data center

A power supply for use in a negative pressure computer system is provided, including: an enclosure; an air exhaust port provided on a first side of the enclosure; an air intake port provided on a second side of the enclosure, said second side being adjacent to the first side having the exhaust port; and an air mover configured to draw cooling air into the intake port and exhaust cooling air out of the exhaust port. A computer system is provided, including: a chassis; a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the chassis; one or more computer components coupled to the printed circuit board; a power supply for supplying power to the one or more computer components. The power supply includes: a power supply enclosure; a power supply intake port for receiving cooling air into the power supply housing; a power supply exhaust port oriented to exhaust air from the power supply housing into an interior region of the chassis; and a power supply air mover configured to draw cooling air into the power supply intake port and exhaust cooling air out of the exhaust port and into the interior region of the chassis. The computer system further includes one or more chassis air movers to draw the cooling air emitted from the exhaust port of the power supply out of the interior region of the chassis.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Lawrence B Seibold