Elon Musk’s Tesla looks set to move into the containerized data center market, according to a new trademark application by the electric car company.

As reported by Electreck and others, Tesla has filed for a new trademark with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this month for a modular data center product.

The company is looking to trademark ‘Megapod’, which is described as a modular data center hardware system for artificial intelligence computing.

According to the filing, the pods will reportedly comprise “computer servers, computer hardware for artificial intelligence processing, computer networking hardware, electrical power distribution units, and cooling systems, sold as a unit.”

Full details on the planned product, as well as potential timelines for when any Megapod product could hit the market, haven't been shared.

The trademark has been filed as an intent-to-use, meaning the company is looking to trademark and protect the name before it starts selling products and services under that mark.

According to the USPTO, Tesla’s trademark application has been accepted by the Office (i.e., has met the minimum filing requirements) and has not yet been assigned to an examiner.

Modular and containerized data center product offerings are common, and Tesla will be competing in a crowded market. However, the firm is already selling to data center customers.

Tesla, primarily known for developing electric cars, also offers utility-scale lithium-ion batteries under the Megapack name. The company has pitched them for potential use at data centers, and Elon Musks’ xAI unit has deployed them at its data centers in Tennessee.

XAI, part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now leasing its data center and GPU capacity to third parties, securing Anthropic and Google as customers.

Liquid cooling firm Submer sells immersion-cooled data center pods under the trademarked Megapod name. Mitsubishi also sells a UPS system under the Megapod name, which is also trademarked.