According to overseas media Electrek, Tesla recently filed a trademark application for "Megapod" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The document indicates that the brand corresponds to a complete hardware system for modular AI data centers. It has been less than a year since Tesla shut down its in-house AI supercomputing project Dojo.

This trademark is intended for use, indicating that Tesla is reserving the name for an upcoming product. The trademark document details the scope of the product. This equipment is an integrated cabinet that combines servers, AI-specific computing hardware, network devices, power supply, and cooling modules, designed for AI training and inference computing scenarios. It also includes software for operations monitoring and performance optimization. In short, Megapod is a complete, ready-to-deploy AI computing module, not a single chip or component.

Currently, this market is dominated by NVIDIA, whose DGX SuperPOD and GB200 NVL72 liquid-cooled cabinets are industry standard solutions. Dell, Supermicro, and other manufacturers have also launched similar cluster products based on NVIDIA chips. Tesla's entry into this field will face intense competition.

In addition, this trademark has potential name conflicts. Immersion cooling company Submer has already registered a trademark for a similar "MegaPod" container data center. Although the two products differ in category, there is a potential risk of trademark disputes.

Key Points:

📦 Tesla applied for the Megapod trademark, planning to launch an integrated modular AI computing cabinet with power supply, cooling, and servers.

⚙️ This market is currently dominated by NVIDIA products, with multiple hardware manufacturers offering mature solutions, resulting in intense competition.

⚠️ Another company has already registered a trademark for a similar cooling device, posing a risk of trademark ownership disputes for Tesla's Megapod.