Unlocking Edge Computing for Any Environment – A Micro Modular Datacenter

Introducing Karios Cube, a fully self-contained micro modular datacenter that provides enterprise-grade networking, storage, and computing in the world’s most difficult environments.

The Cube, which is slightly smaller than one meter on each side, reduces a whole datacenter into a durable, transportable form factor that can be used in forward-operating bases, industrial sites, rural villages, or disaster areas.

Cube, which operates as a Micro Point-of-Presence (micro-POP) that extends the datacenter fabric to the edge, provides safe, scalable edge computing wherever it’s needed thanks to Karios Core, our AI-driven hypervisor and SDN platform.

Technical Specifications

  • Up to 30 compute nodes per Cube
  • 720 logical cores (hyperthreaded) / 360 physical cores
  • Configurable with MPUs (machine processing units) or CPUs (general-purpose compute) tailored for AI/ML tasks
Compute Density

Memory & Storage
Up to   2 TB of memory
NVMe-based high-performance storage
360TB
Memory & Storage

  • Built-in NPU passthrough
  • Built-in GPU passthrough
  • For virtual machines and containers
AI/ML Acceleration

  • IP50 dust ingress protection
  • ESD and SMI
    surge protection
  • 48-hour integrated
    battery backup
  • Solar power support
    for off-grid operation
  • Patented thermal system
    -40°C to +75°C without throttling
Resiliency & Power

  • 1.5 TB backplane throughput for VM, Kubernetes, and data transfers
  • Supports fiber (10/40/100 GbE), copper Ethernet, microwave relay, 4G/5G, and LEO satellite uplinks
  • Up to 60 Gbps total bandwidth with dual 10 Gbps SFP uplinks
  • 480W power budget with POE++, supporting radios up to 95W per port
Networking

Karios Cube is the first portable micro datacenter that can operate continuously and independently in any climate, anywhere in the world, thanks to these innovations taken together.

Patented Thermal & Power Management

  • Phase-Change Heat Exchange: Intelligent liquid-to-air cooling that adjusts to the environment to avoid overcooling in cold climates or overheating in tropical regions.
  • Micro Sensor Management: Energy efficiency and consistent thermal balance are guaranteed by sensor-driven airflow control.
  • Energy-Aware Power Distribution: Real-time carbon accounting for sustainability reporting is provided by Integrated Karios PowerLink, which measures and optimizes power at the node level.
  • Environmentally Adaptive Cooling: Auto-tunes cooling strategy based on live sensor feedback, enabling operation without external HVAC in deserts, tundras, or humid regions.

Zero-Touch Provisioning
(ZTP) with Karios Forge

It has never been simpler to deploy compute at the edge.
Karios Cube can be shipped, plugged in, and immediately functional without the need for manual configuration thanks to Karios Core’s Zero-Touch Provisioning.

Zero-Touch Device Deployment:

Firmware-level provisioning is carried out using Redfish, OpenBMC, Intel vPro, and PiKVM.

Lifecycle
Automation:

Firmware, BIOS, and storage continuously maintained by Karios Atlas.

Auto-
Discovery:

Cube resources are instantly inventoried by Karios Atlas in the Karios Core dashboard.

Remote Orchestration:

IT teams can manage distant Cubes as smooth extensions of their datacenters thanks to secure SDN tunnels.

High-performance compute assets can be deployed in minutes by non-technical staff thanks to this “ship and forget” model.

Use Cases

1. Rural & Remote Infrastructure
delivers computation to banks, schools, and medical facilities in areas with limited bandwidth.

connects via microwave or low-Earth orbit satellite, processing workloads locally while synchronizing with global cloud services.
2. Disaster Recovery & Continuity
restores IT services and communications in a matter of hours.

During grid outages, it runs on solar and battery power.

supports public safety workloads, relief logistics, and emergency coordination.
3. Government & SME Enablement
Healthcare: Conducts imaging and EMR tasks safely near patients.


Finance: Enables offline transaction processing for rural banks and credit unions.


Education: Provides access to e-learning in underprivileged areas.

Defense & Public Safety: Acts as forward-operating micro-POPs for encrypted communication, command, and surveillance.
4. Industrial Edge
Mining & Oil & Gas: Uses Karios AtlasFlow to optimize extraction and run AI/ML models locally to forecast equipment failures.


Agriculture: Utilizes IoT data from weather systems, drones, and soil for precision farming.

Energy: Facilitates telemetry processing for renewable grid balancing on-site.

Why It Matters

Karios Cube isn’t a replacement for hyperscale datacenters — it’s an extension of them.
 By bridging the gap between the cloud and the edge, Karios Cube creates micro-regional hubs of compute power where none existed before.

With patented thermal innovation, zero-touch provisioning, and off-grid operability, Karios Cube is the world’s first portable micro datacenter capable of delivering 30-node enterprise performance inside a 1-meter cube — ready to deploy anywhere on earth.