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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

  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 (...)

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 (...)

  The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) announces today that ITRenew, the global leader in circular data center transformation and IT hardware TCO, is taking its relationship with  OCP to the next level by becoming a Platinum member of the organization. Founded in 2011,  OCP is a (...)

The OCP Experience Center will be live at the OCP Virtual Summit starting May 12, 2020. The OCP team and our providers have been working tremendously hard to make sure that this experience closely matches a real demo experience. The Virtual Experience Center will be on-demand and therefore accessibl (...)

The modernization of software defined infrastructure, once thought to be only for large hyperscalers, is now moving to the enterprise at a rapid pace.  Software defined storage solutions (SDS) epitomize this movement. As data storage needs grow, the need for scalable storage architecture that i (...)