A glowing modular data center stole the show at the recent Yotta 2025 expo in Las Vegas, illuminating the racks and cooling infrastructure to support AI infrastructure.
The Octopod is among the factory-made designs emerging to accelerate the deployment of GPU clusters by data center operators. The design was developed by Intelliflex USA, which pioneered its tech working with crypto miners, but has now expanded into the market for AI and HPC infrastructure.
We got a tour of the stunning design from Chuck L’Ecuyer, the CEO of CES Corporation, the parent company of Intelliflex. Here’s a closer look:
Intelliflex recently began collaborating with enterprise server specialist Supermicro to offer liquid-cooled servers integrated with the Octopod, supporting either direct-to-chip or immersion cooling.
The Supermicro collaboration will see Intelliflex USA integrate the server maker’s GPU systems with the Octopod, which Supermicro will offer as a liquid-cooled modular solution for its customers.
“Supermicro, and it’s Data Center Building Block Solution, is perfectly aligned with Intelliflex’s focus on accelerating data center development and enabling customers to rapidly scale their AI workloads,” said Vik Malyala, Supermicro Managing Director and President, EMEA, SVP Technology and AI.
Ramping Up US Manufacturing
In August CES launched Intelliflex USA as a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, opening a 172,000 SF purpose-built manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
The company said the expansion strengthens their North American manufacturing footprint and “positions Intelliflex USA to meet the rapidly growing global demand for AI-ready data center capacity.”
CES has been deploying modular capacity at scale in the cryptocurrency sector. In July, the company announced a 300-megawatt order for its Intelliflex IMDC6.0 Gen3 modular immersion mining infrastructure from an undisclosed client.
Here’s a look at that design:
At Yotta, L’Ecuyer said his company is seeing interest from private equity firms as well as the major hyperscalers.
“These days a lot of bitcoin mining companies are pivoting towards AI,” L’Ecuyer told me. “So we have clients in that sector as well.”