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Described herein is an integrated data center that provides for efficient cooling, as well as efficient wire routing.

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1. A facility with an internal area and an external area in an external environment for maintaining electronic equipment disposed in a plurality of cabinet clusters in the internal area at a cool temperature, the facility comprising: a building that includes an exterior load wall separating the inte

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A facility with an internal area and an external area in an external environment for maintaining electronic equipment disposed in a plurality of cabinet clusters in the internal area at a cool temperature, the facility comprising: a building that includes an exterior load wall separating the internal area and the external area;a plurality of exterior wall openings in the exterior load wall;a floor within the internal area of the building on which the plurality of cabinet clusters are disposed;a plurality of cabinets for holding the electronic equipment therein, the plurality of cabinets positioned in a plurality of rows within each of a plurality of cabinet clusters so that the electronic equipment disposed within the cabinets emit heated air from the cabinets in each row of each cabinet cluster toward a central hot air area associated with each cabinet cluster;a plurality of support brackets within each cabinet cluster, disposed along each of the plurality of rows, that together provide support for distribution power wiring and conduits, electronic equipment power wiring and conduits, and communication wiring, wherein a portion of each of the support brackets is disposed above the plurality of cabinets within each cabinet cluster, and wherein some of the distribution power wiring and conduits string across other cabinets in other cabinet clusters;a thermal shield supported by the at least some of the plurality of support brackets within each cabinet cluster, the thermal shield providing a contiguous wall around the central hot air area and defining a hot air containment chamber that traps the heated air within the central hot air area and causes substantially all the heated air within the central hot air area to rise up within the hot air containment chamber for each cabinet cluster;a plurality of air conditioning units disposed in the external area outside the building that each receive heated air, emit cooled air, and emit vented air, wherein the vented air is released into the external environment;a warm air escape gap within the building disposed above the hot air containment chamber, the warm air escape gap feeding the heated air to the plurality of air conditioning units, the warm air escape gap being lowerly bounded by a false ceiling;cool air ducts within the building that couple to the plurality of air conditioning units and extend to cold aisles, the cool air ducts being disposed below the false ceiling and delivering cool air from the plurality of air conditioning units toward the plurality of rows of cabinets within each of the plurality of cabinet clusters; andwarm air connectors and cool air duct connectors that respectively connect the warm air escape gap and the cold air ducts to the plurality of air conditioning units, and which pass through the plurality of exterior wall openings,wherein the plurality of rows within each cabinet cluster is two separated rows disposed in a back-to-back configuration, thereby establishing the central hot air area in between the two separated rows, such that the electronic equipment therein emit the heated air through a backside of the cabinet toward the central hot air area; andwherein the false ceiling provides a barrier to prevent the heated air from passing therebelow, and wherein an opening exists in the false ceiling corresponding to the hot air containment chamber through which the heated air passes, and wherein a top edge of the thermal shield for each cabinet cluster connects to the false ceiling to further prevent the heated air from escaping. 2. The facility according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of cabinet clusters are arranged in an array, so that the cold aisles associated with each of the plurality of cabinet clusters are parallel to each other. 3. The facility according to claim 1 wherein the power distribution wiring and conduit provides for redundant power to each of a plurality of power units associated with each cabinet cluster. 4. The facility according to claim 3 further including a plurality of distribution power units that supply power to the plurality of power units via the power distribution wiring and conduit, wherein substantially all of the power distribution wiring and conduit between the plurality of power units and the plurality of distribution power units is above the plurality of cabinets. 5. The facility according to claim 4 wherein the thermal shield for each cabinet cluster is supported by the portion of the plurality of support brackets within that cabinet cluster, and the plurality of brackets each include: a plurality of tiered ladder rack supports having ladder racks thereover to establish a plurality of different tiers outside the contiguous wall, so that each of the different tiers is adapted to hold the electronic equipment power wires and conduits and the communication wiring, anda plurality of conduit holders disposed above the plurality of tiered ladder rack supports, each of the conduit holders in each of the plurality of support brackets aligned with corresponding ones of conduit holders in the other plurality of support brackets, for holding a plurality of different distribution power wires and conduits disposed above each of the tiered ladder rack supports. 6. The facility according to claim 5 wherein a plurality of tiered ladder rack supports having the ladder racks thereover include at least four ladder rack supports, wherein: a first bottom ladder rack support and associated ladder rack hold the communication wiring,a second ladder rack support and associated ladder rack disposed above the first ladder rack support and associated ladder rack hold the first electronic equipment power wiring and conduit that connect between a first power unit and the associated electronic equipment within the cabinet cluster, anda third ladder rack support and associated ladder rack disposed above the second ladder rack support and associated ladder rack hold third electronic equipment power wiring and conduit that connects between a second power unit and the associated electronic equipment within the cabinet cluster, and wherein the second power unit provides power redundant to the first power unit. 7. The facility according to claim 6 wherein the plurality of tiered ladder rack supports having the ladder racks thereover for the distribution power wiring and conduits, the electronic equipment power wiring and conduits, and the communication wiring are all overhead the plurality of cabinets and provide for running the distribution power wiring and conduits, the electronic equipment power wiring and conduits, and the communication wiring parallel to each other. 8. The facility according to claim 1 further including physical fencing around a periphery of the cabinet cluster, which physical fencing includes a lockable door. 9. The facility according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of air conditioning units further receive outside air. 10. The facility according to claim 1 wherein the electronic equipment and power wiring for each cabinet cluster is maintained within the cabinet cluster in which it is located, and not in any adjacent cabinet cluster. 11. The facility according to claim 1 further including a plurality of backup electric generators operable upon a gas fuel and which provide a gaseous exhaust, the backup electric generators providing backup electricity in case of a power-down condition, the back electricity being used to power the electrical equipment; and wherein each of the plurality of air conditioning units further including further includes an outside air inlet that allows intake of outside air to a filter chamber, and a spring-loaded mechanical closing lever, the spring-loaded mechanical closing lever causing automatic closure of an outside air damper disposed within the outside air inlet upon a disruption in electrical power, thereby preventing intake of the outside air that contains the gaseous exhaust to the filter chamber upon the disruption in electrical power. 12. The facility according to claim 1 wherein the ladder racks and conduit supports for the distribution power wiring and conduits, the electronic equipment power wiring and conduits, and the communication wiring are all overhead the plurality of cabinets and provide for running the distribution power wiring and conduits, the electronic equipment power wiring and conduits, and the communication wiring parallel to each other.