In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a chassis comprising a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of modules, a first group of the modules received in a first orientation and a second group of the modules received in a second orientation orthogonal to said first orientation, and a coolant distribution module inserted into one of the slots in the first orientation for distributing coolant to at least one of the modules in the second group of modules. A method for distributing coolant to the modules is also disclosed herein.