Modular cryogenic cooling system

A cryogenic cooling system, comprising:

• a first vacuum chamber, constituting a first vacuum module,
• a first support system for cold plates in said first vacuum chamber,
• coupled to said first support system and supported by the first support system, said cold plates comprising a first plurality of mutually parallel cold plates displaced from each other in a first direction, said first direction being defined as the direction perpendicular to a surface of said first plurality of mutually parallel cold plates, wherein a first cold plate of said first plurality of mutually parallel cold plates is a modular cold plate comprising two or more sections adjacent to each other on a same level in said first direction, wherein mutually adjacent edges of said sections of the modular cold plate do not touch each other,
• a second vacuum chamber, constituting a second vacuum module,
• a second support system for second cold plates in said second vacuum chamber,
• coupled to said second support system and supported by the second support system, said second cold plates comprising a second plurality of mutually parallel cold plates displaced from each other in said first direction, and
• at least one mutual coupling that is at least one of:
• an opening connecting said first and second vacuum modules together to form a common vacuum space;
• a thermally conductive connection between a cold plate of the first plurality of cold plates and a cold plate of the second plurality of cold plates.