ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,024, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Orca Connex AS (Kristiansand S, Norway).

"System and method for delivering cooling water to submerged 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 system is for cooling at least one computing device using water. The system has a body of water defining a first waterline and a structure at least partially submerged in the body of water. An internal volume of water defines a second waterline. At least one outlet dr...