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MDCX is standardizing edge compute: modular data centers delivered as factory-built Liquid Cooling and Immersion Cooling blocks you order as a standard product, not a bespoke build.

0.4–200 MW
Scalable range
$3M/MW
Starting CapEx
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Adatacenteristhreethings.

Space, cooling, power. Settle those three and the rest arrives in the box.

  1. Space

    A pad, not a building — the footprint is the container.

    Pad · Footprint · Clearance

    Rows of blue MDCX containers standing on the bare floor of a lit warehouse hall, each topped with a railed maintenance walkway — the pad is the footprint.
  2. Cooling

    Take the heat out, sized with the box — liquid or immersion.

    Liquid · Immersion · Heat rejection

    Aerial view of a hall-based deployment: a long warehouse roofed with solar arrays, flanked by two rows of outdoor heat-rejection modules.
  3. Power

    Grid or generation. The fence moves: UPS and battery sit inside the box, or outside on the pad.

    UPS · BESS · Diesel standby

    Outdoor power skids and battery enclosures on concrete pads at a snow-covered site, with a wind turbine and transmission line behind them.
Revenue

Earningfromthefirstblock.

Each block pays back while the next one ships — expansion is a small step, taken on real demand. A conventional build holds the entire investment at risk until the day revenue starts.

Cumulative revenue Contract First units live Expand Expand again Modular Conventional

Y: Cumulative revenue. X: Contract → First units live → Expand → Expand again.

Delivery

Deliveryisaprocess,notaproject.

The same four steps at every site — survey, build, ship, install. 99% is prefabricated before the box leaves the factory.

  1. 3–4 wk

    Survey & solution

    Site survey and grid interface; the solution locks to a standard configuration.

    High-voltage substation — grid interface surveyed before the solution locks.
  2. 12–15 wk

    Manufacture

    99% prefabricated — integrated and tested in the factory as the unit that ships.

    Factory line with robotic arms assembling modular data center units.
  3. ~7 wk typical

    Shipping

    A 45 ft ISO container rides standard sea and road freight — no special handling. Freight is buyer-arranged.

    Container ship at sea carrying stacked ISO containers.
  4. 3–4 wk

    Install & power-on

    Standard crane lift and quick-connect couplings — busway, cables, water, flanges — then commissioning.

    Crane lifting a containerized module onto its pad beside the building.
After power-on

Deploymentends.Operationsbegin.

Everything after power-on lives in two open layers: CIOS runs the box, DCM trades what it produces.

CIOS

Shipped today

Operate

Every component in the box, watched remotely — path-addressed telemetry, alarms that become tickets, an OpenUSD model of the plant.

NVIDIA Omniverse digital twin — live state projected onto the 3D model Roadmap

Open-core · Apache-2.0

DCM

Roadmap · MVP in development

Trade

A decentralized market for the compute these blocks produce — workloads re-route across sites when one fails, and capacity is scheduled and settled as tokens.

Open source as it ships Roadmap

How DCM will work → Model economics in TCO →

Questions

What does MDCX build?

MDCX builds and operates modular data centers for AI compute: factory-built Liquid Cooling and Immersion Cooling blocks, with CIOS included and DCM as a Roadmap marketplace, MVP in development.

How fast does an MDCX block leave the factory?

First delivery is 90 days ex-works from receipt of down payment, up to 120 days when the production line is full. Expansion blocks: 90 days ex-works. Freight and customs are buyer-arranged; MDCX does not estimate them. On-site installation and commissioning: 3–4 weeks.

What is L1240C45?

L1240C45 is the alias for SKU L1240C45SUR150: a 1,240 kW Liquid Cooling container (45 ft), single loop, UPS + battery integrated inside the container, up to 150 kW per rack.

What Immersion Cooling solutions does MDCX offer?

Shipped Immersion Cooling containers are I400C45 (I400C45SUT50) and I400C40 (I400C40ST50) at 400 kW IT, up to 50 kW/tank and up to 512 PCIe GPUs. I200C20 (I200C20ST50) is a 200 kW edge immersion block marked Coming soon.

What is CIOS?

CIOS is the Compute Infrastructure Operating System included with every MDCX block: path-addressed telemetry, alarms-to-tickets, ops workflows, and usage metering.

How should I model economics before buying?

Use the MDCX TCO Investor Wizard at https://mdcx.org/tco to model CapEx, power, utilization, IRR and payback.

What availability does MDCX design for?

Tier II investment with Tier III-class availability via differentiated redundancy: 2N where failure hurts, N+1 where it does not — not blanket-2N. OEM-backed immersion warranty; Intel DataCenter Certified.

Does MDCX ship 800 V HVDC today?

No. 380/400/415/480 V AC is shipping today. 800 V HVDC is Roadmap, Q3 2026.