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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.
Xinnor Reinvents RAID for the Era of AI-Driven Data Centers
Traditional data protection becomes the bottleneck when GPU idle time costs millions. Joint testing with Solidigm shows how next-generation solutions maintain full speed during drive failures.
CFD24: HPE Bets on a “Cool-Again” Private Cloud Strategy
From provisioning to observability to protection, HPE’s expanding cloud software suite targets the repatriation wave.
When AI is a Bad Actor's Best Friend: Fortinet at CFD24
LLMs have given attackers new angles. Fortinet showed, step by step, how AI-driven probes escalate—and how FortiGate, FortiWeb, FortiAnalyzer, and FortiSOAR close the door without slowing the business.
5 Ways To Keep GPUs Fed—Hard-Won Lessons From Our AI Factory Panel
From racks and liquid loops to data placement and standards pace, five takeaways from CoreWeave, Dell, NVIDIA, Solidigm, and VAST Data on building AI factories that keep accelerators busy and dollars well-spent.
CFD24: Oxide Delivers Couture Hyperscale Infra for the Enterprise
At Cloud Field Day 24, Oxide outlines a vertically integrated rack—custom hypervisor, integrated power/network, and open integrations—aimed at bringing hyperscale efficiency and faster deploys to enterprise DCs.
Intel on Compute Efficiency and the Future of AI Data Centers
Intel shares insights on Arm vs. x86 efficiency, energy goals for 2030, AI-driven power demands, and how enterprises can navigate compute efficiency in the AI era.
Inside Yotta’s Innovate Arena: Standout Breakthroughs for AI
From manure-to-energy RNG to an aluminum-air system that generates electricity on demand, innovators tackled real AI bottlenecks—power-chain integration, rapid fiber turn-ups, AI-driven permitting, and plug-and-play capacity that speeds time-to-value.
AMD’s 38x Efficiency Leap Sets Stage for Ambitious 2030 Goal
AMD improved energy efficiency 38x—roughly a 97% drop in energy for the same compute—and now targets 20x rack-scale gains by 2030, reimagining AI training, inference, and data-center design.
5 Fast Facts on Compute Efficiency with Flex’s Chris Butler
Exploring how Flex is rethinking data center power and cooling – from 97.5% efficient power shelves to liquid cooling and “grid to chip” solutions – with Chris Butler, President of Embedded & Critical Power.
Innovation with Empathy: A Q&A with Vivek Venkatesan
Vanguard lead data engineer and IEEE senior member Vivek Venkatesan shares how a pivotal Botswana project shaped his path, how trust turns innovation into impact , and much more.
CoolIT: 5 Fast Facts on Compute Efficiency
In this 5 Fast Facts on Compute Efficiency Q&A, CoolIT’s Ben Sutton unpacks how direct liquid cooling (DLC) drives PUE toward ~1.02, unlocks higher rack density, and where it beats immersion on cost and deployment.
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Podcasts
Data Center Innovation with OCP
TechArena host Allyson Klein chat’s with OCP’s VP of Market Intelligence and Innovation, Cliff Grossner, about the challenges facing data center innovation and how OCP has transformed to drive deeper partnerships with the industry and broaden its impact on data center innovation.
The Future of Open Solutions with OCP Chair Rebecca Weekly
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with OCP Chair and CloudFlare VP Rebecca Weekly about the future of open computing solutions, how regional demands drive the OCP mission, and the importance of sustainability.
OpenCompute Project’s Skyrocketing Contributions Shaping the Future from Edge to Cloud
TechArena Host Allyson Klein chats with Open Compute Foundation leaders Michael Schill and Steve Helvie about the organization’s rising contributions and what it means for broad adoption of open hardware configurations from edge to cloud.
An Open Computing Landscape with OpenUK’s Amanda Brock
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock live from the OCP Regional Summit in Prague on her organization’s mission to drive open software, hardware and data contributions for UK developers.
The In-Memory Future of Applications with Oracle
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Oracle VP Shasank Chavan about in-memory databases, customer demands in a data centric world, and how infrastructure must change to fuel customer needs.
The Future of Semi Innovation from Disruptive Memory to Chiplets with Alphawave Semi
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Alphawave Semi’s Letizia Guiliano about the future of semiconductor innovation across memory, optical and interoperable chiplet solutions and how her company is poised to deliver leadership innovation rooted in standards.
Connectivity Innovation for Scalable Data Movement in the AI Era with Credo’s Don Barnetson
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Credo VP Don Barnetson about how his company is delivering innovative optical solutions that address the AI era’s requirements for scalable data movement in the data center and beyond from OCP Lisbon 2024.
The Cutting Edge of Data Center Infrastructure Innovation with OCP’s Steve Helvie
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Open Compute Project VP of Emerging Markets, Steve Helvie, about the proceedings in Lisbon this week and how OCP is helping to shape the cutting edge of infrastructure innovation.
Re-imagining Memory through Advanced Chiplet Innovation with ZeroPoint Technologies’ Nilesh Shah
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with ZeroPoint Technologies’ VP of Business Development Nilesh Shah about the AI era demands for memory innovation, how advanced chiplet architectures will assist semiconductor teams in advancing memory access for balanced system delivery, and how ZeroPoint Technologies plans to play a strategic role in this major market transition.
Innovating OpenBMC Enabled Shared Firmware Across the Network with HPE’s Jean-Marie Verdun
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with HPE’s Jean-Marie Verdun about his organization’s groundbreaking work to redefine firmware management using OpenBMC technology and how this breakthrough addresses data center customer demands.
Advancing Sustainable Infrastructure to Fuel Hungry Workloads with CircleB's Matty Bakkeren
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with CircleB’s Matty Bakkeren about how his organization is leveraging OCP specifications to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to data center customers, how AI is re-shaping operator requirements, and how he sees the market shaping in 2024.
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.
