ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,428, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"All-in-one, end-to-end, and expandable modular data centers" was invented by Tyler Baxter Duncan (Austin, Texas), Anthony Middleton (Cedar Park, Texas), Jeffery Todd Sayles (San Marcos, Texas) and Ty Robert Schmitt (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular data center includes: a modular information technology component (MITC), in which the MITC includes an information handling system (IHS) and a utility control component (UCC), in which the IHS and the UCC are affixed to a bottom side of the MITC; and a front access component and a rear ...