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Powering the Next Era of AI: How Google, Microsoft and Nvidia Are Standardizing and Accelerating the Industry Transition to LVDC Three of the world’s largest AI infrastructure builders are collaborating within OCP to establish 800 VDC as the open, standardized power architecture for next-generation AI data centers and to make sure the entire industry can adopt it safely, at scale. AI infrastructure is entering a new power era. As models become more capable and inference demand grows, AI accelerators are being deployed in denser, more tightly coupled systems. Those systems require more power per rack, more coordinated facility design and a power distribution architecture that can scale without forcing every operator or supplier into a custom design. The industry is converging on 800 VDC because higher-voltage DC distribution can move more power with less conductor/copper than lower-voltage alternatives. That matters as AI rack densities rise. Lower current can reduce cable and conductor burden, simplify distribution and create a more practical path for high-density AI deployments. Google, Microsoft and NVIDIA are working through OCP with the broader power, cooling, facility and infrastructure ecosystem to align on common 800 VDC requirements. The goal is not a single prescriptive design. The goal is a common set of interfaces and system requirements that lets operators deploy safely, suppliers build interoperable products and the industry move faster together. Authors: Jason Adrian, Systems Architect, Google; Microsoft; Mike Tu, P.E., Principal Electrical Engineer, NVIDIA Data Center Engineering Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4wRauVw

🚨 Don't wait! Online registration for the 2026 OCP APAC Summit closes soon. ⏰ Registration closes: 📍 6:00 PM Taipei Time (UTC+8) on August 9 📍 3:00 PM Pacific Time (PDT, UTC-7) on August 9 Join the global open infrastructure community in Taipei, Taiwan, August 11 to 12, for two days of technical innovation, collaboration and insights from leaders across the AI and data center ecosystem. Explore sessions covering: 🔹 AI Clusters & AI Computing Continuum 🔹 Open Data Centers for AI 🔹 Chiplets & Advanced Packaging 🔹 Networking & Photonics 🔹 Advanced Cooling Technologies 🔹 Server, Storage & Memory 🔹 Future Technologies shaping tomorrow's infrastructure Plus, don't miss our co-located workshops from the SONiC Foundation and Arm SystemReady, offering hands-on technical learning and community collaboration. A separate registration is required for the Arm workshop, but the price is included with your registration. Register now and secure your spot before online registration closes! Explore the full schedule and start planning your Summit experience today: https://bit.ly/4gLolaG   And register here: https://bit.ly/4f1BviG #OCPAPAC26 #OpenCompute #AIInfrastructure #OpenHardware #DataCenters #AI #Networking #Photonics #Cooling #Chiplets #Taiwan

🚨 Last Chance to Save on #OCPSummit26! 🚨 Today is your LAST DAY to register for the 2026 OCP Global Summit at the Early Registration rate. Starting tomorrow, August 1, registration increases from $800 to $1,000. Join the global open infrastructure community October 12 to 15, 2026 in San Jose, California, for four days of groundbreaking keynotes, technical sessions, collaborative workshops, the Innovation Village, and unparalleled networking with the leaders shaping the future of AI infrastructure. Don't wait. Register today to secure the best rate before prices increase. 👉 https://lnkd.in/fCgFnwf #OCPSummit26 #OpenCompute #AIInfrastructure #OpenInfrastructure #DataCenter #Innovation

🌟Volunteer Spotlight: Ross Stenfort, SanDisk What is your role in the OCP Community? Ross is a Distinguished Engineer in SSD Architecture at SanDisk and leads the OCP Ecosystems Development Project. He has been one of the driving forces behind the OCP Storage Project and has played a critical role in numerous storage-related contributions. Ross also founded and continues to lead the OCP Storage Tech Talks virtual event series, now entering its seventh year.   How long have you been involved with OCP? Ross has been volunteering with OCP since 2022.   Why do you volunteer your time to OCP? Ross believes OCP provides a unique environment for industry collaboration. He values the flexibility of the community and its ability to bring together ideas, technologies, and organizations in ways that other industry forums often cannot.   What impact has OCP had on you professionally? For Ross, collaboration leads to better solutions and ultimately better products. OCP provides opportunities to learn from experts across the industry, gain new perspectives, and work collectively on real-world challenges.   What are you most excited about right now? Ross is energized by the growing interest in storage technologies. He recently saw more than 900 registrations for an 2026 OCP Storage Tech Talks in May  and is excited to see continued momentum across the storage ecosystem.   Something people may not know about you? Ross owns a 1927 Model T that his grandfather purchased in the 1950s. Rather than treating it as a showpiece, he enjoys driving and tinkering with it whenever possible.   Thank you, Ross, for your leadership and continued contributions to the OCP Community! #OCPCommunity #VolunteerSpotlight #OpenCompute

Join the global OCP Community for two exciting events bringing together the people shaping the future of AI, hyperscale infrastructure, semiconductors, cloud platforms and next-generation data centers. 🇹🇼 2026 OCP APAC Summit 📅 August 11–12, 2026 📍 Taipei City, Taiwan Across two action-packed days, explore the latest technical innovations, connect with experts designing and operating hyperscale infrastructure, and meet organizations from across the data center ecosystem and supply chain. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fAVmEw 🇰🇷 2026 OCP Korea Tech Day 📅 August 21, 2026 📍 COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea Korea’s dedicated forum for open, data center–focused innovation returns with technical sessions, keynotes and exhibitions covering AI infrastructure, HPC, edge computing, cloud platforms, semiconductors and next-generation data center design. As AI transforms the demands placed on data centers, open standards and collaborative engineering are becoming foundational to performance, efficiency, scalability and sustainable growth. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fH0Bm7 Two events. Two dynamic technology hubs. One global community working together to build the future of open infrastructure. We look forward to seeing you in Taipei and Seoul! #OpenComputeProject #OCP #OCPAPACSummit #OCPKoreaTechDay #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure #HPC #OpenHardware #CloudComputing #Semiconductors

Check out the latest blog, by Raghu Shankar, “Developing AI-native Automated Virtual Chiplet Eco-systems: Shift Left, Shift Up, and Shift Out to accelerate Chiplet adoption.” Key Takeaways: ·      SIPs with 2.5D and 3D chiplets deliver 10x functionality, modular dies, higher yields, lower cost, and cross-generation reusability. ·      Chiplet adoption needs clear value proposition, demand sizing, and vendor profitability proof to justify supply-side investments across products and generations. ·      Shift left: Move evaluation to planning and design space exploration for early PPAC estimates, lowering risk, cost, and time to decision. ·      Shift up: Focus at the architecture layer, abstract physical and protocol details, use HLS synthesis, simulation, emulation, and prototyping. ·      Shift out: Expand pool of buyers and sellers to maximize explorations. ·      Develop AI native virtual ecosystem: Automate chiplet interop testing with virtual prototyping. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4c0RKuj And attend the panel session on this topic at the OCP Global Summit as part of the Server/Open Chiplet Economy track on October 15, 2026 in San Jose, CA. Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/4frlfrE

Don’t miss tomorrow’s OCP Educational Webinar: Breaking Through the AI Network Wall with High-radix Switching Date: July 28, 2026 Time: 12 - 1pm ET Location: Virtual (ON24) The “network wall” has become one of the primary bottlenecks in large-scale AI training and inference. While compute FLOPS have doubled every 18 months, merchant Ethernet switch ASIC capacity and radix (the number of compute devices that can be connected) has historically doubled in steps longer than two years. State-of-the-art switches support ~100 Tbps today and are only expected to reach ~200 Tbps by 2028.  Switch radix in turn limits the single-hop domain size, which either limits the scale or extends the training time of sparse Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models. A new switch technology and network architecture is required to deliver an order-of-magnitude increase in radix, breaking the network wall, and enabling AI to scale more effectively. Learn more and register for free here: https://bit.ly/3RDFKbo

The momentum is building. Sponsorship opportunities are now available for the 2027 OCP EMEA Summit. From 6–8 April 2027, the OCP Community will come together at the Congress Center Hamburg for three days of technical collaboration, innovation and connections focused on the infrastructure shaping Europe’s future. The OCP EMEA Summit has grown from 725 attendees in 2024 to a record-setting 2,110 attendees in 2026, bringing together more than 750 organizations, 325 speakers, 86 sponsors and exhibitors, and participants from 52 countries. In 2027, the conversation moves to Hamburg, with an emphasis on: ⚡ Data center sustainability 🤖 AI infrastructure 🔐 Security and data protection 💧 Power and cooling 🏗️ OCP technology deployments 🔬 Quantum, optics and telecommunications The newly released Sponsor Prospectus offers a range of opportunities to: • Showcase your technology in the Expo Hall • Build visibility with a highly technical, senior global audience • Connect directly with operators, engineers, architects and decision-makers • Support the open collaboration advancing scalable and sustainable infrastructure across EMEA Booth, marketing, event and custom sponsorship opportunities are available. Be part of Europe’s growing center of gravity for open infrastructure innovation. Explore the 2027 OCP EMEA Summit Sponsor Prospectus and secure your opportunity today: https://bit.ly/4wWFRxD 📍 Congress Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 📅 6–8 April 2027 @OpenComputePrj #OCPHamburg27 #LeadingTheFutureOfAI

📣 The full schedule for the 2026 OCP Global Summit is now live—and public registration is officially open. Join us October 12–15, 2026, in San Jose, California, for four days of technical collaboration with the global OCP Community. Explore the complete schedule featuring keynote presentations, technical breakout sessions, and discussions spanning AI infrastructure, data centers, networking, power, cooling, sustainability, and more. With continued growth across the OCP Community, attendance may reach capacity before the event. We encourage you to register early, as onsite registration may not be available. Learn more, view the full schedule and register today: 👉 https://bit.ly/44Jq0GN #OCPSummit26 #LeadingTheFutureOfAI #OpenNetworking #innovation #OpenCompute

The "network wall" may be slowing down your AI infrastructure. Join us on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 12:00 PM ET for a deep dive into "Breaking Through the AI Network Wall with High-radix Switching." We will explore how new switch technology can help scale AI training and inference by delivering an order-of-magnitude increase in radix. Hear from industry experts Cliff Grossner Ph.D. (OCP), Alan Weckel (650 Group), Promode Nedungadi (Eridu), and Jay Gill (Eridu). Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to build flatter, more scalable networks. Register now to secure your spot! Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/4psvGhJ