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A data center includes a floor that supports rack computing systems and walls that enclose a computing room. The computing room holds the rack computing systems. One of the walls is a movable wall. The movable wall translates relative to the other walls to increase or decrease the size of the comput

A data center includes a floor that supports rack computing systems and walls that enclose a computing room. The computing room holds the rack computing systems. One of the walls is a movable wall. The movable wall translates relative to the other walls to increase or decrease the size of the computing room.

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1. A data center, comprising: a plurality of walls at least partially enclosing a fixed interior space of the data center, wherein the fixed interior space comprises an initial portion and an expansion zone both within the fixed interior space of the data center, the initial portion of the fixed int

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A data center, comprising: a plurality of walls at least partially enclosing a fixed interior space of the data center, wherein the fixed interior space comprises an initial portion and an expansion zone both within the fixed interior space of the data center, the initial portion of the fixed interior space comprising a computing room, wherein the computing room comprises a length, a width, and a height, wherein the computing room holds at least one rack computing system, and wherein the expansion zone is defined by a space between the initial portion and a fixed exterior wall of the fixed interior space of the data center, wherein the fixed exterior wall spans at least the height of the computing room and spans at least the length of the computing room or at least the width of the computing room;wherein the plurality of walls comprise:a plurality of fixed walls defining the fixed interior space of the data center, wherein the plurality of fixed walls includes the fixed exterior wall that partially defines the expansion zone; andone or more movable interior walls at least partially defining the computing room within the fixed interior space of the data center, wherein the one or more moveable interior walls are parallel to the fixed exterior wall and wherein at least one of the one or more movable interior walls is configured to translate within the fixed interior space towards the fixed exterior wall that partially defines the expansion zone to increase a size of the computing room such that the computing room is expanded, from initially encompassing the initial portion of the fixed interior space, to additionally encompass the expansion zone of the fixed interior space, such that the expanded computing room is configured to hold an additional at least one rack computing system in the expansion zone, in addition to holding the at least one rack computing system in the initial portion of the interior space, and wherein the one or more moveable interior walls are configured to remain parallel to the fixed exterior wall during translation. 2. The data center of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more movable interior walls comprises one or more rollers, wherein the at least one movable interior wall is configured to roll to increase the size of the computing room. 3. The data center of claim 1, wherein at least one of the movable interior walls is powered to be moved to increase the size of the computing room. 4. The data center of claim 1, further comprising one or more rails at least partially extending through the fixed interior space externally to the computing room, wherein at least one of the one or more movable interior walls moves along at least one of the one or more rails through a portion of the fixed interior space external to the computing room to increase the size of the computing room within the fixed interior space of the data center. 5. The data center of claim 1, wherein the one or more movable interior walls divides a computing space of the data center from a non-computing space of the data center. 6. An enclosure, comprising: a plurality of walls at least partially enclosing a fixed interior space, wherein the fixed interior space comprises an initial portion and an expansion portion both within the fixed interior space, wherein the initial portion of the fixed interior space comprises a computing room, wherein the computing room comprises a length, a width, and a height, wherein the computing room is configured to provide one or more instances of data infrastructure resources to at least one rack computing system in the computing room, and wherein the expansion portion is defined by a space between the initial portion and an exterior wall of the fixed interior space, wherein the exterior wall of the fixed interior space spans at least the height of the computing room and spans at least the length of the computing room or at least the width of the computing room;wherein the plurality of walls comprise one or more movable walls located within the fixed interior space and at least partially defining the computing room within the fixed interior space, wherein the one or more moveable walls are parallel to the exterior wall and wherein at least one of the movable walls is configured to translate within the fixed interior space towards the exterior wall that partially defines the expansion portion to increase the size of the computing room within the fixed interior space such that the computing room is expanded to be configured to provide one or more instances of data infrastructure resources to an additional at least one rack computing system in the expansion portion of the fixed interior space, in addition to providing one or more instances of data infrastructure resources to the at least one rack computing system in the initial portion of the interior space, wherein the one or more moveable walls are configured to remain parallel to the exterior wall during translation. 7. The enclosure of claim 6, wherein the plurality of walls comprise two or more movable walls, wherein each of at least two of the movable walls is configured to independently translate relative to one or more other walls to increase the size of the computing room, wherein to independently translate the two or more moveable walls are each configured to translate independent of other respective moveable walls of the two or more moveable walls. 8. The enclosure of claim 6, wherein at least one of the movable walls comprises rollers. 9. The enclosure of claim 6, wherein at least one of the movable walls is powered. 10. The enclosure of claim 6, further comprising one or more rails at least partially extending through the fixed interior space externally to the computing room, wherein at least one of the one or more movable walls moves along at least one of the one or more rails through a portion of the fixed interior space external to the computing room to increase the size of the computing room within the fixed interior space. 11. The enclosure of claim 6, wherein at least one of the one or more movable walls divides a computing space from a non-computing space. 12. The enclosure of claim 11, wherein at least one of the one or more movable walls comprises one or more sealing elements at a junction between the movable wall and at least one other wall, wherein the one or more seal elements are configured to inhibit airflow between the computing space and the non-computing space. 13. The enclosure of claim 6, further comprising a power distribution system configured to supply power to computing systems in the computing room through at least one of the plurality of walls. 14. The enclosure of claim 6, further comprising a ceiling on the computing room, wherein the at least one movable wall extends substantially to the ceiling. 15. The enclosure of claim 6, further comprising an air handling system configured to draw air out through the ceiling of the computing room. 16. A method, comprising: providing a computing room at least partially enclosed by a movable wall and a plurality of walls within an initial portion of a fixed interior space, wherein the fixed interior space comprises the initial portion and an expansion zone both within the fixed interior space, wherein the computing room comprises a width, a length, and a height, wherein the computing room comprises at least one rack computing system, and wherein the expansion zone is defined by a space between the initial portion and an exterior wall of the fixed interior space, wherein the exterior wall spans at least the height of the computing room and spans at least the length of the computing room or at least the width of the computing room; andtranslating the movable wall within the fixed interior space towards the exterior wall to increase the size of the computing room within the fixed interior space to include both the initial portion and the expansion zone of the fixed interior space, such that the expansion zone is configured to support at least one additional rack computing system in the computing room, wherein the moveable wall remains parallel to the exterior wall during translation. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein translating the movable wall of the computing room comprises rolling the movable wall on the floor of the computing room. 18. The method of claim 16, wherein the movable wall translates on one or more rails through a portion of the interior space external to the computing room to increase the length of the computing room within the interior space, wherein the one or more rails extend at least partially through the interior space externally to the computing room. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the movable wall divides a computing space from a non-computing space, wherein at least a portion of the non-computing space is unfinished space, the method further comprising: finishing the expansion zone in the non-computing space;translating the movable wall to enlarge the computing room to include the expansion zone; andoperating one or more rack computing systems in the expansion zone. 20. The method of claim 16, wherein the movable wall divides a computing space from a non-computing space, wherein the movable wall is translated to increase the size of the computing room to include the expansion zone, the method further comprising reallocating space at the expansion zone from non-computing use to computing use.