Ample Industries (Formerly Vortx)
Vortx builds small, battery-backed AI compute sites that run on spare power and land already available at local businesses, avoiding the grid strain and long utility delays of giant data centers. Each modular site operates entirely on UL and NFPA-certified battery storage with no generators, fits in a back lot, and uses a zero-water closed-loop dry cooler. The distributed network of smaller sites creates a resilient AI mesh for inference workloads near end users.
- Clean Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Battery Technology
- Hardware
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Giant data centers strain regional electricity grids, require costly new transmission infrastructure, and often face local opposition due to their size and resource demands. Building these massive campuses also forces companies to install gas turbines on site when grid connections lag, driving up costs and environmental impact.
Solution
Vortx builds small, battery-backed AI compute sites that operate on spare power and land already available at local businesses. Each site runs entirely on battery storage certified to UL and NFPA standards, eliminating the need for on-site generators or fuel deliveries and keeping noise to little more than a fan. The system runs inside the building's existing electrical service, avoiding months of utility work to bring in a new service. By distributing AI inference workloads to sites near end users, the company avoids the need for massive GPU clusters and the grid strain they cause. These modular installations are small enough to fit in a back lot and can be stood up quickly without waiting for new grid connections or municipal approvals. Many smaller sites combine to create a resilient AI mesh.
Target Audience
Primary customers are AI companies and compute providers needing distributed inference capacity, as well as businesses with spare power and land seeking to monetize underutilized assets.
Features
- Battery-backed power systems certified to UL and NFPA standards with no generators and no fuel deliveries
- Modular hot aisle containment compute units pre-engineered and pre-integrated with both IT and liquid cooling
- Closed-loop dry cooler system that consumes zero water and is sized for ultra-low sound levels
- Runs inside the building's existing electrical service, avoiding months of utility work for new grid connections
- Modular site footprint small enough to deploy in a host's back lot, with fan-level noise output
- Designed for AI inference workloads requiring only a few dozen GPUs near users, not thousands-GPU training clusters