Power supply and distribution skid frames for data centers

An apparatus for providing electrical power to computing devices within a data center, comprising:

• a power supply skid frame having a top portion and a bottom portion;
• a power supply portion physically separate from the power supply skid frame and capable of being positioned on the top portion of the power supply skid frame to generate the electrical power;
• and
• one or more skid frame spacer bars, mechanically separate from the power supply skid frame, and capable of being mechanically coupled to the power supply skid frame,
• wherein the skid frame spacer bars, when installed, define a gap between the power supply skid frame and a first power distribution skid frame to provide access to connection points of the power supply skid frame.

An apparatus for providing electrical power to computing devices within a data center, comprising:

• a power distribution skid frame having a top portion and a bottom portion;
• a power distribution portion physically separate from the power distribution skid frame and capable of being positioned on the top portion of power distribution skid frame;
• and
• one or more skid frame spacer bars, mechanically separate from the power distribution skid frame, and capable of being mechanically coupled to the power distribution skid frame;
• and
• wherein the skid frame spacer bars, when installed, define a gap between the power supply skid frame and the first power distribution skid frame to accommodate conduits between the power supply skid frame and the first power distribution skid frame.

A method comprising:

• positioning a power supply skid frame having a top portion and a bottom portion within a data center;
• positioning a first power distribution skid frame having a top portion and a bottom portion within the data center;
• mechanically coupling the power supply skid frame and the first power distribution skid frame with one or more skid frame spacer bars along respective lengths of the power supply skid frame and the first power distribution skid frame to define a gap between the power supply skid frame and the first power distribution skid frame to provide access to connection points formed at the ends of connections of the power supply skid frame and the first power distribution skid frame;
• and
• electrically coupling a power supply portion positioned on the top portion of the power supply skid frame and a first power distribution portion positioned on the top portion of the first power distribution skid frame.