[NCLUG] Re: "Green" power -- off grid

[Chad Perrin]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 04:47:18PM -0600, Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> Another thing I heard of was a data center that had patented putting a wall
> between the hot and cold aisles.  That makes a lot of sense to me, as it
> means the hot air never has the chance to mingle with cooler air, and
> possibly that you can just vent that air and use outside air which is
> almost always below 100 (about what you can handle with A/C on a machine
> room that's run at 70 degrees on the input side).

Holy crap -- they were granted a patent for that?

-- 
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