OCP is launching a new incubation Sub-Project under our Data Center Facilities Project! The Advanced Cooling Facilities (ACF) Sub-Project will be collaborating on the integration of Advanced Cooling Solutions (ACS) into Data Center Facilities (DCF) via liquid distr (...)
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Artesyn Embedded Power Announces Open Rack Version 3 Power Shelf to Support Open Compute Project and Evolution to 48-Volt Infrastructure
Artesyn Embedded Power announces a new Open Compute Project Open Rack version 3 (OCP ORv3) power shelf, designed to support the move to 48-volt data center infrastructure. Traditionally, data center racks have used 12-volt power shelves, but higher performance compute and storage platforms demand m (...)
OCP announces a new incubation project: Time Appliances Project (TAP)
What is TAP? Time is a key element to get the highest efficiency in a distributed system. The performance of a distributed system depends on the synchronization of its elements. Several industries such as telecom, mobile, power, industrial, professional audio and video and many more have embraced t (...)
Penguin Computing Announces New Tundra AP Offering
New supercomputing platform brings the power of Intel Xeon Scalable 9200 Series processors to an OCP form factor, delivering higher node density, greater power capacity, improved serviceability, and room-neutral cooling. Penguin Computing Inc., a division of SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (N (...)
OCP Announces today that SpaceDC is the first OCP Ready™ facility in Asia-Pacific.
The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) announced today that Singapore-based data center provider SpaceDC Pte Ltd has achieved OCP Ready™ certification for their new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This is the first data center in Asia to receive this OCP certification and demonstrates th (...)
Introducing Facebook OCP 200G FR4 Optical Transceiver Specification
As the need for bandwidth continues to increase, Facebook is deploying the next generation of optics which expands capacity and offers a seamless transition from 100G CWDM4 optics currently used in our large-scale data centers. The 200G FR4 OCP specification is based on IEEE 200GBASE-FR4 as defin (...)
Call for Nominations to serve as OCP Project Leads for 2020-2022
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation would like to announce that nominations are now open for its OCP Project Leads. Starting Friday June 12th through Friday, June 26th, OCP will begin accepting Nominations for all OCP Project Lead positions. If you or someone you know would l (...)
The Wiwynn EP100, OCP Inspired openEDGE Solution
First step to the EDGE With the evolution of real-time, AI applications, and increasing IoT devices, edge computing provides a first-mover advantage for service providers in grabbing new growth and business opportunities. Edge computing can be deployed in the tight space near cell towers. Edge com (...)
2020 OCP Virtual Summit – By the Numbers
We just wrapped the OCP Virtual Summit, and while it was not the same experience as our traditional in-person Summits, the Community made the best of the current situation. Over 350 speakers migrated over 250 sessions into a virtual, online, on-demand experience, including an Expo Hall with (...)
Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) Announces New Board Seat for Google and New Board Member
We are thrilled to announce that Google is now an Executive Member and will hold a seat on our Board of Directors. Our new Director is Dr. Parthasarathy (Partha) Ranganathan, a Distinguished Engineer at Google. “Google has been very active in the OCP Community in recent years, and we (...)