How to Become a Solution Provider
Become an OCP Solution Provider for Products/Solutions
Step 1 · Be an OCP Tiered Corporate Member.
Step 2 · Sign a Solution Provider Agreement and pay the Solution Provider fee.
Step 3 · Build a Product which complies with an existing OCP specification or build a Solution which enables an OCP Product. Complete the OCP Solution Provider Checklist.
Step 4 · If applicable, enroll your Product in the OCP Product Recognition Program to receive OCP Accepted™ or OCP Inspired™ recognition. Present to the OCP Foundation.
Step 5 · Market your OCP Accepted™/OCP Inspired™ Products or enabling Solutions on the OCP Marketplace.
Become an OCP Colo Solution Provider for Facilities
Step 1 · Be an OCP Tiered Corporate Member.
Step 2 · Sign the Colo Solution Provider Agreement and pay the Colo Solution Provider fee.
Step 3 · Review the Colo Guidelines and complete the OCP Ready™ Colo Site Assessment (Excel Version), (Google Sheet Version) to become a Provisional Colo Solution Provider.
Step 4 · Present your OCP Ready™ Colo Site Assessment to the OCP Data Center Facilities Project.
Step 5 · Market your OCP Ready™ Facility on the OCP Marketplace.
For questions about the OCP Solution Provider or Colo Solution Provider Programs please contact solutionproviders@opencompute.org.
OCP Product and Facility Recognition Programs
Products that comply 100% with an existing accepted specification and the design files are open sourced and available.
Products that comply 100% with an existing accepted specification and are available from an OCP Silver, Gold or Platinum Member.
Data center facilities that carry the OCP Ready™ recognition have demonstrated to have met the OCP Colo Guidelines.
What does it mean for a data center facility to be OCP Ready™?
OCP Accepted™ or OCP Inspired™ Products and OCP Ready™ Facilities demonstrate Efficiency, Openness, Impact & Scale
OCP Accepted and OCP Inspired
OCP Accepted™ - A product can be recognized as OCP Accepted™ if it complies with an approved OCP specification AND design files have been contributed (Design Package Guidelines).
OCP Inspired™ - A product can be recognized as OCP Inspired™ if it complies with an approved OCP specification or other types of contribution; HOWEVER, no design files have been contributed.
OCP Accepted™ or OCP Inspired™ products have been demonstrated and meet 4 or more of the OCP tenets-efficiency, openness, impact, scale and efficiency.
All levels of OCP membership are eligible for OCP Accepted™ and OCP Inspired™ recognition.
OCP Ready
The OCP Facility Recognition program is intended to brand your facilities to be OCP Ready. Guidelines were created by our Data Center Facility Project Team and serve as a reference for data center operators and tenants who want to understand the fundamental facility requirements to deploy this gear into their IT space. Facilities that meet these guidelines and approved by the OCP DC Facilities Project receive the certification as an OCP Ready facility.