ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,399, issued on July 7, was assigned to Orca Connex AS (Kristiansand S, Norway).

"System and method for optimized cooling and simplified handling of data processing equipment" was invented by Yngvar Boro (Sogne, Norway), Roar Berge (Kristiansand S, Norway), Andreas Hauland Naess (Kristiansand, Norway) and Sigurd Tollevik (Kristiansand, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container is for housing a first data center and connecting to a heat exchanger. The container has an outer shell defining an inside and outside of the container. The outer shell has a first container inlet port for receiving a flowable heat transfer fluid from a h...