Semi-Private Workstreams

Clean Backup Power is a workstream under the DCF Sustainability Sub-Project of the OCP Data Center Facility Project. The DCF Sustainability Sub-Project is focused on decarbonizing the non-IT aspects of the data center, engaging industry partners to develop technology roadmaps and guidelines that support net zero carbon goals. Details about the workstream's mission, leadership, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future.

Datacenter NVMe SSD – Feedback is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Storage Project, which focuses on open source contributions that drive open innovation in hardware to enable new storage applications and give users greater efficiency and value. The Storage Project has published the Datacenter NVMe SSD Specification, currently at v2.7. Participation is by invitation through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams process. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, and deliverables will be added in the near future.

Datacenter SAS / SATA Specifications is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Storage Project, which focuses on open source contributions that drive open innovation in hardware to enable new storage applications and give users greater efficiency and value. The Storage Project has published the Datacenter SAS-SATA Device Specification, currently at v1.5. Participation is by invitation through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams process. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, and deliverables will be added in the near future.

Ethernet for Scale-up Networking (ESUN) is a workstream under the OCP Networking Project. The Networking Project is creating a set of technologies that are disaggregated and fully open, allowing for rapid innovation in the network space, and aims to facilitate the development of network hardware and software — together with trusted project validation and testing — in a truly open and collaborative community environment. Details about the workstream’s mission, leadership, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future. Free eLearning on the topic is available on OCP Academy.

Hyperscaler GPU is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Hardware Management Project, which defines a small, stable set of tools for remotely managing machines at scale. Semi-private workstreams are groups of Contributor organizations, OCP members that have signed a Contribution License Agreement, collaborating to jointly develop a specification. Organizations interested in participating can request to join through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams form. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, leadership, and deliverables will be added in the near future.

Hyperscaler CPU is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Hardware Management Project, which defines a small, stable set of tools for remotely managing machines at scale. Semi-private workstreams are groups of Contributor organizations, OCP members that have signed a Contribution License Agreement, collaborating to jointly develop a specification. Organizations interested in participating can request to join through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams form. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, leadership, and deliverables will be added in the near future.

Multipath Reliable Connection (MRC) is a workstream under the OCP Networking Project. The Networking Project is creating a set of technologies that are disaggregated and fully open, allowing for rapid innovation in the network space, and aims to facilitate the development of network hardware and software — together with trusted project validation and testing — in a truly open and collaborative community environment. Details about the workstream’s mission, leadership, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future. Free eLearning on the topic is available on OCP Academy.

NVMe Key Management is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Storage Project, which focuses on open source contributions that drive open innovation in hardware to enable new storage applications and give users greater efficiency and value. The Storage Project has published the NVMe Project OCP L.O.C.K. (NVMe Key Management) specification, currently at v1.1. Participation is by invitation through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams process. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, and deliverables will be added in the near future.

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Open Boot and Management Framework (OBMF) is a workstream under the OCP Hardware Management Project. The OCP Hardware Management Project defines a small, stable set of tools for remotely managing machines at scale. Workstream materials are hosted on the OBMF GitHub wiki. Details about the workstream's mission, scope, leadership, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future.

The Open Boot and Management Framework (OBMF) Workstream is a semi-private (CLA) workstream under the OCP Hardware Management Project. It is producing a specification that prescribes the DC-SCM interface, or recommended physical interfaces, and a standardized protocol for boot, configuration, and runtime communication between the Host Processor Module and the Baseboard Management Controller on the DC-SCM module. The protocol is designed to be CPU-vendor and physical-interface agnostic, reusable for devices such as PCIe and CXL cards, extensible through vendor extensions, and aligned with OCP, DMTF, and SPDM standards. Published documents include the OBMF-ICP Specification v0.7.1 and OBMF-ICP over USB v1.0.

Open Data Centers for AI (also "Open DC for AI") is an OCP Strategic Initiative launched in response to the late-2025 open letter in which most hyperscalers called for more open collaboration on fungible data center facilities, grid interconnect, open AI hardware, and systems management. With rack power densities rising toward 1 MW racks and GW-scale facilities and multi-GW campuses on the horizon, the initiative unites the community to deliver standardized, efficient, and flexible solutions, coordinated within the Open Systems for AI umbrella. Its five core priorities are open data center reference designs, energy and grid solutions, open and standard SLAs, telemetry and management solutions, and power estimation methodologies.

The Product Category Rule Project for Datacenter Equipment (PCRP) is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Sustainability Project, which works to enable the data center industry’s progress toward net-carbon-zero goals and offers an open framework and resources for vendors, suppliers, and end users to deploy best practices for reusability and circularity. Organizations interested in participating can request to join through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams form. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, and deliverables will be added in the near future.

The PSP Security Protocol Standardization workstream brings together industry partners invested in the PSP protocol to codify and evolve the protocol and its implementations in NIC hardware. PSP is a security protocol for encryption in transit designed specifically to address the requirements of large-scale data centers.

Scale-Up Ethernet Transport (SUE-T) is a workstream under the OCP Networking Project. The Networking Project is creating a set of technologies that are disaggregated and fully open, allowing for rapid innovation in the network space, and aims to facilitate the development of network hardware and software — together with trusted project validation and testing — in a truly open and collaborative community environment. Details about the workstream’s mission, leadership, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future.

Server Base Manageability Requirements (SBMR) is a Workstream under the OCP Hardware Management Project, which defines a small, stable set of tools for remotely managing machines at scale. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, leadership, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future.

Server Base System Architecture (SBSA) is a Sub-Project under the OCP Server Project, which provides standardized server system specifications for scale computing and works with the other OCP disciplines to ensure broad adoption. Details about the sub-project’s mission, scope, deliverables, and ways to get involved will be added in the near future.

Server Component Resilience (SCR) is a semi-private (CLA) Workstream under the OCP Hardware Management Project, which defines a small, stable set of tools for remotely managing machines at scale. Semi-private workstreams are groups of Contributor organizations, OCP members that have signed a Contribution License Agreement, collaborating to jointly develop a specification. Organizations interested in participating can request to join through the OCP Semi-Private Workstreams form. Details about the workstream’s mission, scope, leadership, and deliverables will be added in the near future.