Abstract: Embodiments directed at the design of an optically-enabled server based on using carbon nanotube based non-volatile memory and eliminating hard drives and/or solid-state drives. The disclosed optically-enabled server houses a plurality of blade servers connected to one another via high-speed optical interconnects instead of copper-based interconnects. In some embodiments, the high-speed optical interconnects include an optical interface generated from mating an electrical mezzanine connector included within an input/output interconnect module with corresponding mezzanine slots located on the motherboard of a blade server such that the optical interface provides the optical pathways for routing optical signals (between the plurality of blade servers and one or more external devices) generated using light of multiple wavelengths.