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A facility is described that includes one or more enclosures defining an interior space, a plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return taps. A flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps can be approximately equal over a

A facility is described that includes one or more enclosures defining an interior space, a plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return taps. A flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps can be approximately equal over a local area of the interior space. The plurality of power taps, the plurality of supply taps, and the plurality of return taps can be divided into a plurality of zones, with taps of each zone are configured to be controllably coupled to a power source or a coolant source independently of the taps of other zones. The taps can be positioned along paths, and paths of the power taps can be spaced from associated proximate paths of supply and return taps by a substantially uniform distance along a substantial length of the first path.

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1. A data center, comprising: one or more enclosures defining an interior space;a plurality of power taps distributed with a substantially regular spacing in the interior space;a plurality of coolant supply taps distributed with a substantially regular spacing in the interior space;a plurality of co

1. A data center, comprising: one or more enclosures defining an interior space;a plurality of power taps distributed with a substantially regular spacing in the interior space;a plurality of coolant supply taps distributed with a substantially regular spacing in the interior space;a plurality of coolant return taps distributed with a substantially regular spacing in the interior space; anda plurality of modules, each module of the plurality of modules including a plurality of rack-mounted computers connected to a power tap of the plurality of power taps adjacent the module and a cooling coil to remove heat from air near the rack-mounted computers, the cooling coil fluidly connected between a supply tap of the plurality of coolant supply taps and a return tap of the plurality of coolant return taps adjacent the module. 2. The data center of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of power lines having the plurality of power taps, a plurality of coolant supply lines having the plurality of coolant supply taps, and a plurality of coolant return lines having the plurality of coolant return taps. 3. The data center of claim 2, wherein the power lines, coolant supply lines and coolant return lines are substantially linear. 4. The data center of claim 3, wherein the modules are arranged in substantially linear rows. 5. The data center of claim 4, wherein the linear rows of the modules are parallel to the power lines. 6. The data center of claim 5, wherein there is a power line from the plurality of power lines for each row of the modules. 7. The data center of claim 4, wherein the linear rows of the modules are parallel to the coolant supply lines and the coolant return lines. 8. The data center of claim 7, wherein there is a coolant supply line and a coolant return line for every two rows of the modules. 9. The data center of claim 1, wherein the power lines are positioned above of the modules. 10. The data center of claim 1, wherein the coolant supply lines and the coolant return lines are positioned below the modules. 11. The data center of claim 1, wherein each module is connected to a coolant supply tap from the plurality of coolant supply taps on one side of the module and to a coolant return tap from the plurality of coolant return taps on an opposite side of the module. 12. The data center of claim 1, wherein a flow capacity of the supply taps and a flow capacity of the return taps are approximately equal over a local area of the interior space. 13. The data center of claim 1, wherein the plurality of power taps are distributed with a substantially regular first spacing in a first direction and with a substantially regular second spacing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the plurality of supply taps are distributed with a substantially regular third spacing in the first direction and with a substantially regular fourth spacing in the second direction, and the plurality of return taps are distributed with a substantially regular fifth spacing in the first direction and with a substantially regular sixth spacing in the second direction. 14. The data center of claim 13, wherein the third spacing is approximately equal to the fifth spacing and the fourth spacing is approximately equal to the sixth spacing. 15. The data center of claim 8, wherein each module is connected to a coolant supply tap from the plurality of coolant supply taps on one side of the module and to a coolant return tap from the plurality of coolant return taps on an opposite side of the module. 16. The data center of claim 1, wherein the supply taps and return taps are connected to a heat exchanger or cooling plant. 17. The data center of claim 1, wherein there is no local storage or buffering of the coolant in the interior space. 18. The data center of claim 1, wherein the first spacing is a ratio N/M of the third spacing, where N and M are both whole numbers less than 5. 19. The data center of claim 1, wherein the second spacing is an integer N multiple (N) or fraction (1/N) of the fourth spacing, where N is less than five. 20. The data center of claim 1, wherein the first spacing is approximately equal to the third spacing and the second spacing is approximately equal to the fourth spacing. 21. The data center of claim 1, wherein the plurality of power taps are laid along a plurality of first paths, the supply taps are laid along a plurality of second paths, and the return taps are laid along a plurality of third paths. 22. The data center of claim 21, wherein the power taps are disposed with substantially uniform spacing along the first paths, the supply taps are disposed with substantially uniform spacing along the second paths, and the return taps are disposed with substantially uniform spacing along the third paths. 23. The data center of claim 21, wherein a spacing of the power taps along the first paths is less than a spacing between adjacent first paths, a spacing of the supply taps along the second paths is less than a spacing between adjacent second paths, and a spacing of the return taps along the third paths is less than a spacing between adjacent third paths. 24. The data center of claim 21, wherein the first paths, second paths and third paths are substantially linear. 25. The data center of claim 21, further comprising a plurality of power delivery busbars to provide power to the plurality of power taps, the busbars defining the first paths, a plurality of coolant supply manifolds to provide coolant to the plurality of supply taps, the coolant supply manifolds defining the second paths, and a plurality of coolant return manifolds to return coolant from the return taps, the coolant return manifolds defining the third paths. 26. The data center of claim 21, wherein each first path of the plurality of first paths has an associated proximate second path of the plurality of second paths and an associated proximate third path from the plurality of third paths, and wherein each first path is spaced from the associated proximate second path by a substantially uniform first distance along a substantial length of the first path and wherein each first path is spaced from the associated proximate third path by a substantially uniform second distance along a substantial length of the first path. 27. The data center of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of zones, each zone including a different set of two or more power taps from the plurality of power taps, a different set of two or more supply taps from the plurality of supply taps, and a different set of two or more return taps from the plurality of return taps. 28. The data center of claim 27, wherein the two or more power taps of each zone are configured to be controllably electrically coupled to a power source independently of the power taps of other zones. 29. The data center of claim 27, wherein the two or more supply taps of each zone are configured to be controllably fluidly coupled to a coolant source independently of the supply taps of other zones, and wherein the two or more return taps of each zone are configured to be controllably fluidly coupled to a coolant return independently of the return taps of other zones. 30. The data center of claim 1, wherein the power taps are spaced at a substantially uniform first density across the interior space, the coolant supply taps are spaced at a substantially uniform second density across the interior space the coolant return taps spaced at spaced at a substantially uniform third density across the interior space. 31. The data center of claim 30, wherein the second density is approximately equal to the third density. 32. The data center of claim 1, wherein each supply tap comprises a spigot. 33. The data center of claim 32, wherein each spigot comprises a valve and a faucet. 34. The data center of claim 1, wherein each power tap comprises a plurality of outlets. 35. The data center of claim 27, wherein each zone is a spatially contiguous area separate from other zones.