Patent ID: 8264840

Claim:
A modular data center, comprising: a foundation; a number of structural modules configured to be secured together and to be secured to the foundation, wherein each of the number of structural modules is without one or more sidewalls, such that the number of structural modules secured together forms a building structure that encloses an open region, wherein the open region continuously extends through interiors of the number of structural modules, wherein each of the number of structural modules is structurally formed to be independently transported; data equipment deployed within the open region of the building structure formed by the number of structural modules; a power module configured to be secured to one of the number of structural modules and to be secured to the foundation, wherein the power module is defined as an enclosed structure and is structurally formed to be independently transported, wherein the power module is equipped with electrical components for supplying and distributing electrical power to the data equipment deployed within the open region of the building structure formed by the number of structural modules.