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3 Exec Insights on Cultivating Successful Industry Partnerships
Tech industry vet Lynn Comp explores the benefits of industry partnerships and why it’s critical to understand one’s own business drivers and their partner’s to achieve success.
Iceotope Delivers Great Chemistry for Cool Data Centers
Iceotope's liquid cooling tech is shaking up data centers as AI drives the need for efficient heat management. Dr. Kelley Mullick explains the shift from air to liquid cooling, highlighting Iceotope's sustainable solutions.
It’s No Coincidence that Wait-and-See Rhymes with Latency
Jim Fister dives deep into the intricacies of system memory, latency, and data management, exploring how modern computing architectures handle data retrieval and processing.
Advanced Packaging: Driving the AI Era Forward
AI is driving an acceleration of compute demands fueled by the proliferation of large language models across industry use cases. This requirement comes as traditional semiconductor technology pushes against the laws of physics with the slowing of Moore’s Law.
Contextual AI and WEKA Partner for Enterprise Class AI Activation
This week, Contextual AI partnered with WEKA to deliver enterprise AI services on Google Cloud using RAG 2.0 from Facebook AI Research. WEKA's platform boosted performance, achieving a 3X increase in key AI use cases, 4X faster model checkpointing, and reduced costs.
Data Center Industry Veteran Lynn Comp Shares 3 Patterns Observed Over 30 Years in Tech
Data center industry veteran Lynn Comp shares insights from her career, discussing the importance of adaptability, emotional IQ, and practical tech. She highlights three patterns: customers prefer reliability over high-performance solutions, network limitations can negate compute power, and economic realities can override technological enthusiasm.
Open-Source AI and the Road to Broad Deployment
Open models move fast—but production doesn’t forgive surprises. Lynn Comp maps how to pair open-source AI with a solid CPU foundation and orchestration to scale from pilot to platform.
A Guide to On-Premises and First-Party Cloud-Native Storage
What modern storage really means, how on-prem arrays compare to first-party cloud services, and a clear checklist to pick the right fit for cost, control, scalability, and resilience.
Cooling for the Gigawatt Era: JetCool’s Roadmap for AI Data Centers
As part of Flex, JetCool is scaling its microconvective cooling technology to help hyperscalers deploy next-gen systems faster, streamlining cooling deployments from server to rack in the AI era.
From Laptops to Data Center Racks: Ventiva’s Thermal Play at OCP
Ventiva discusses how hard-won laptop cooling know-how can unlock inside-the-box gains for AI servers and racks—stabilizing hotspots, preserving acoustics, and boosting performance.
GTC DC: NVIDIA’s Big Bets on AI Factories, DOE, and 6G
At GTC DC, NVIDIA outlined DOE-scale AI systems, debuted NVQLink to couple GPUs and quantum, partnered with Nokia on AI-RAN to 6G, mapped Uber robotaxis for 2027, and highlighted Synopsys’ GPU gains.
CelLink at OCP: 3 Key Takeaways for AI Factories
Design shifted to rack-scale. Power and cooling span the full path. Liquid is table stakes. Three takeaways from OCP 2025—and why CelLink’s PowerPlane fits an AI-factory mindset.
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Podcasts
Data Insights Series Sponsored by Solidigm: Achieving AI Scale with CoreWeave
TechArena hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wronowski chat with CoreWeave’s Jacob Yundt about how his organization is delivering a scalable data pipeline to AI customers utilizing breakthrough VAST Data solutions featuring Solidigm QLC SSDs.
Exploring Data in the AI Era with Solidigm - New Data Insights Series
The TechArena kicks off a Data Insights Series in collaboration with Solidigm, and TechArena host welcomes co-host Jeniece Wronowski and Solidigm data center marketing director Ace Stryker to the program to talk about data in the AI era, the series objectives, and how SSD innovation sits at the foundation of a new data pipeline.
Charting Architectural Innovation in the Chiplet Era with OCP's Cliff Grossner
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with OCP’s Cliff Grossner regarding the chiplet era, how architectural evolution has evolved to a chiplet economy, and how the OCP is helping create an open marketplace for innovation.
Building Composable Data Systems with Voltron Data CEO Josh Patterson
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Voltron Data CEO Josh Patterson about delivery of Theseus, a composable data system framework that unleashes develops with new interoperability and flexibility for AI era data challenges.
Ampere Advances in the Data Center with Jeff Wittich
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Ampere Chief Product Officer Jeff Wittich about his company’s progress in winning data center deployments, advances in performance and sustainability, and pushing the limits on core density.
Security in the AI Era with Fortinet’s Srija Allam and Julian Petersohn
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Fortinet security experts Srija Allam and Julian Petersohn about the expansive Fortinet solution portfolio and how the company is leaning into AI to help deliver the protection customers require.
RackRenew & Circularity: Remanufacture, Recertify, Redeploy
From #OCPSummit25, this Data Insights episode unpacks how RackRenew remanufactures OCP-compliant racks, servers, networking, power, and storage—turning hyperscaler discards into ready-to-deploy capacity.
From OCP 2025: Arm’s Chiplet Push and the AI Ecosystem Play
Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Arm’s Eddie Ramirez to unpack Arm Total Design’s growth, the FCSA chiplet spec contribution to OCP, a new board seat, and how storage fits AI’s surge.
Immersion, Not Hype: Midas on Liquid Cooling at OCP
Midas Immersion Cooling CEO Scott Sickmiller joins a Data Insights episode at OCP 2025 to demystify single-phase immersion, natural vs. forced convection, and what it takes to do liquid cooling at AI scale.
Castrol on Liquid Cooling: Additives, Filters, Failure Modes
From hyperscale direct-to-chip to micron-level realities: Darren Burgess (Castrol) explains dielectric fluids, additive packs, particle risks, and how OCP standards keep large deployments on track.
PEAK:AIO on Smarter Storage for AI—Data Insights @ OCP
From OCP San Jose, PEAK:AIO’s Roger Cummings explains how workload-aware file systems, richer memory tiers, and capturing intelligence at the edge reduce cost and complexity.
CelLink PowerPlane: Flat Power for AI Server Racks
Innovative power delivery unlocks a shift in data-center design. CelLink PowerPlane routes thousands of amps in a flat, flexible circuit—cutting cabling and accelerating AI factory builds.
