Luggable datacenter: startup straps handles to server with 4 H200 GPUs

Fancy having an AI system packed with Nvidia H200 GPUs that you can take with you from place to place? According to hardware maker Odinn, now you can, so long as you don't mind carrying a 35 kg (77 pound) box around.

At CES this week, Odinn is showcasing its Omnia system that combines AMD EPYC 9965 CPUs with up to four Nvidia H200 NVL GPUs and 6 TB of memory, all in a single enclosure with a 23.8-inch display – and carry handles.

This it describes as "roughly the size of a carry-on suitcase," though we wouldn't like to try lifting a 77 pound weight up to an overhead locker and wedging it in, and we doubt there are many airlines that would let you.

But Odinn isn't pitching Omnia as a portable PC or even a mobile workstation. Instead, it styles the system as a ...