DATA CENTER

1 . A portable data center comprising:

two longitudinally extending side portions which are laterally spaced apart;

two end portions connected between the side portions;

a lower or floor portion connected between the bottom of the side portions and the bottom of the end portions;

a upper or roof portion connected between the top of the side portions and the top of the end portions;

an upper plenum;

a lower plenum;

a plurality of carriages arranged between said upper plenum and said lower plenum with the top of said carriages in open communication with said upper plenum and with the bottom of said carriages in open communication with said lower plenum;

a plurality of upwardly directed air moving devices located within said carriages;

a plurality of longitudinally directed air moving devices located within said carriages;

a cooling system having a plurality of refrigerant/air heat exchangers to cool air received from said upper plenum and a plurality of water/refrigerant heat exchangers to cool refrigerant received from said refrigerant/air heat exchangers;

a layer of insulation applied to the interior surfaces of said side portions, said end portions, said lower or bottom portion, and said upper or top portion; and

a protective layer applied over said insulation layer;

a network;

a controller connected to said network.

2 . The portable data center of claim 1 , further comprising;

mechanical fasteners to hold said insulation layer and said protective layer in place.

3 . The portable data center of claim 1 wherein said layer of insulation is composed of polyisocyanurate.

4 . The portable data center of claim 1 , wherein said layer of insulation is composed of spray applied foam.

5 . The portable data center of claim 4 , wherein said layer of insulation is composed of polyurethane spray foam.

6 . The portable data center of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first and second plurality of carriages, wherein the volume between the front portion of said first plurality of carriages and the second plurality of carriages define a walkway;

a motion sensing device coupled to said network, disposed inside the interior portion of said container, and operable to detect motion in said interior portion of said container and send a signal over said network;

a plurality of lighting devices located inside said interior portion of said container and coupled to said controller; and

said controller coupled to said network and said plurality of lighting devices, said controller being operable to turn said plurality of lighting devices on and off, to receive said motion signal and based on the motion signal received, instruct said plurality of lighting devices to turn on and off.

7 . The portable data center of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to turn on the plurality of lighting devices when motion is detected, and to turn off said plurality of lighting devices at a predetermined amount of time after the last instance of motion was detected.

8 . A portable data center comprising:

a container comprising an interior portion;

a network;

a controller;

an AC power distribution system; and

a DC control system coupled to said network, said AC power distribution system, and one or more DC powered subsystems.

9 . The portable data center of claim 8 , further comprising:

a battery backup unit connected to said DC control system

10 . The data center of claim 8 wherein the DC control system consists of:

a connection to the AC power distribution system;

a connection to the network;

a rectifier to convert AC power to DC power;

a connection to one or more DC powered subsystems selected from the group consisting of fire detection, fire suppression, personnel door control, interior lighting control, motion detection, louver control, air moving device control, power monitoring and control, temperature control, cooled water supply monitoring, flood detection, and humidity control; and

a battery backup unit to provide ongoing operation of said DC control system and said DC powered subsystems after loss of AC power.

11 . A carriage for use in a portable data center comprising:

a top portion having at least one opening through which air may pass;

a base portion having at least one opening through which air may pass;

a plurality of computing equipment receiving portions located between said top portion and said base portion;

a plurality of air moving devices located between said top portion and said base portion and directed in the upward or longitudinal directions;

at least one removable upright support member extending between said top portion and said base portion and being between at least two of said plurality of computing equipment receiving portions;

at least one non-removable upright support member extending between said top portion and said base portion; and

at least one removable front to rear extending frame member extending between said removable upright support member and said non-removable upright support member.

12 . The carriage for use in a portable data center of claim 11 , further comprising:

a front portion comprising a first upright support member where said member is removable;

a rear portion comprising a second upright support member where said support member is non-removable; and

at least one front to rear extending member located horizontally between said first upright support member and second upright support member where said extending member is removable;

13 . The carriage for use in a portable data center of claim 11 , further comprising:

said longitudinally directed air moving devices located between the top portion and the base portion, and between a front portion upright support member and a rear portion upright support member.

14 . The carriage for use in a portable data center of claim 11 , further comprising:

one or more extendable rail systems located internally to said computing equipment receiving areas;

one or more multi-segment articulated arms; and

one or more power receptacles.

15 . The carriage for use in a portable data center of claim 14 ,

wherein:

said extendable rail system is located at the top and at the bottom of an equipment receiving area for vertically mounted computing equipment, or located at the sides of said equipment receiving area for horizontally or longitudinally mounted computing equipment, and operates to allow individual pieces of computing equipment to extend from and retract into said carriage while supplying full support to said computing equipment when extended;

a multi-segment articulated arm consisting of a first portion, which is connected to the rear portion of said carriage, and an end portion, which is connected to the rear portion of individual pieces of computing equipment, and operates to allow computing equipment support cables to extend and retract in a controlled manner with said rail system; and

a power receptacle located at the end portion of said articulated arm.

16 . The carriage for use in a portable data center of claim 14 , further comprising:

a rigid tray mounted between the most outwardly extending rails of the extendable rail systems and of sufficient size to support a non-rail mountable piece of computing equipment.

17 . A method of cooling a portable data center constructed inside of a container having a plurality of lower openings near the bottom of the container through which cool air from the outside environment enters the interior space of the container, a plurality of upper openings near the top of the container through which heated air exits the interior space of the container, a controller, a plurality of adjustable louvers covering the upper and lower openings in communication with said controller, internal and external temperature and humidity sensors in communication with said controller, said method comprising:

measuring internal temperature and humidity conditions of said container and communicating said conditions to said controller;

measuring external temperature and humidity conditions of said container and communicating said conditions to said controller;

said controller comparing said internal and external temperature and humidity conditions; and

said controller communicating to said louvers to adjust one or more louver positions.