Patent ID: 7724518

Claim:
A data center, comprising: one or more enclosures defining an interior space; a plurality of power lines, each of the power lines including a plurality of power taps in the interior space; a plurality of coolant supply lines, each of the coolant supply lines including a plurality of coolant supply taps in the interior space; a plurality of coolant return lines, each of the coolant return lines including a plurality of coolant return taps in the interior space; and a plurality of clusters of modules in the interior space, each cluster located in a spatially contiguous area horizontally separated from other clusters by an access aisle, each module including a plurality of rack-mounted computers connected to a power tap adjacent the module and a cooling coil to remove heat from air near the rack-mounted computers, the cooling coil fluidly connected between a supply tap and a return tap adjacent the module; wherein each cluster includes two or more modules, and wherein the two or more modules in each cluster are serviced by a common coolant supply line and a common coolant return line, each of the two or more modules in each cluster are connected to different ones of the plurality of power lines, and the different ones of the plurality of power lines each service a plurality of clusters, or the two or more modules in each cluster are serviced by a common power line, each of the two or more modules in each cluster are connected to different ones of the plurality of coolant supply lines and the plurality of coolant return lines, and the different ones of the plurality of coolant supply lines and the plurality of coolant return lines each service a plurality of clusters.