Modular computing environments

A modular data center comprising:

• a connecting hub having a plurality of docking regions and configured to provide to each docking region electrical power, a data network interface, a cooling fluid supply and a cooling fluid return;
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• a plurality of shipping containers, each shipping container enclosing a modular computing environment having a plurality of computing devices that collectively add a predetermined amount of computing power to the modular data center, each container having a) a first heat exchange circuit configured to transfer heat from the computing devices to a heat exchanger;
• b) a second heat exchange circuit comprising the heat exchanger, the cooling fluid supply and cooling fluid return, the second heat exchange circuit being configured to transfer heat from the heat exchanger inside of the container to a system outside of the container via cooling fluid in the cooling fluid supply and cooling fluid return;
• and c) docking members that releaseably connect to the connecting hub at one of the plurality of docking regions to receive electrical power, connect to the data network interface, receive cooling fluid from the cooling fluid supply, and discharge return cooling fluid to the cooling fluid return.

A method of deploying a modular data center comprising:

• providing a cooling system configured to provide cooling fluid to various cooling devices, receive return cooling fluid from the various cooling devices and remove heat from the received return cooling fluid;
• providing an electrical power source;
• providing a data communication interface;
• routing electrical power from the electrical power source, a connection to the data communication interface, and a cooling fluid supply and cooling fluid return from the cooling system to a plurality of docking regions that each have stubs that are configured to couple the electrical power, cooling fluid supply, cooling fluid return and data communication interface connection to a modular computing environment enclosed in a shipping container;
• disposing modular computing environments at least two of the plurality of docking regions, each modular computing environment configured to incrementally add computing power to a data center and including a plurality of computing resources and integrated cooling devices;
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• coupling each modular computing environment at a corresponding docking region to the stubs to provide electrical power, cooling fluid supply and cooling fluid return, and connection to the data communication interface to the modular computing environment.