ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,869, issued on April 29, was assigned to BAIDU USA LLC (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Data center cooling capacity dispatching and management" was invented by Tianyi Gao (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamically adjustable cooling system is discussed and a system configuration design method is disclosed for cooling airflow management and dispatching. The system includes a first and second IT rooms that include electronic racks with IT components. The system also includes cooling units configured to provide cooling air to the IT components. The system also includes a cooling air supply channel to distribute the cooling air ...