Data Center
Highlights
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.
Mark Grodzinsky on Building Ecosystems That Last
From Wi-Fi to AI, Mark Grodzinsky shares how chance turns, mentors, and market inflection points shaped his career – and why true innovation is about impact, not hype.
Compass & Schneider Launch Prefab Pod for AI Data Centers
The new EcoStruxure™ Pod accelerates data center readiness, reducing complexity, cost, and risk while boosting sustainability and AI workload support.
Microsoft’s Tannu Jiwnani on Responsible Innovation & Cybersecurity
From anti–money-laundering analytics to leading identity protection, Tannu Jiwnani shares how curiosity, resilience, and inclusive leadership shape responsible innovation and why diversity is security’s superpower.
Announcing TechArena’s 2025–2026 Voices of Innovation Fellows
Experts from across the compute industry provide their bold views and real-world expertise on AI era computing is driving business and societal opportunity.
5 Fast Facts: Vigilent’s AI for Cooling Plant Optimization
Leading up to Yotta 2025, we discussed compute efficiency with Cliff Federspiel of Vigilent, which is pioneering the use of IoT and AI to deliver dynamic cooling management in mission-critical environments.
Inside Entertainment’s Storage Revolution with Dell Technologies
From feeding data-hungry GPUs to enabling real-time on-set visual effects, flash storage has evolved from luxury to necessity in modern content creation pipelines.
HPE Discover: SSDs Are Rewriting Enterprise Storage
Surveying 250 IT pros, we found 29% already run SSDs beyond performance tiers, 81% would migrate when TCO wins, and storage innovation is a top lever to free power and space across the data center.
TechArena’s ‘In the Arena’ Podcast Wins a Stevie® Award
Our flagship podcast earned a Stevie® in the International Business Awards® annual competition; judges called out the show’s high production quality, editorial clarity, and guest caliber.
FMS 2025: Honoring Jim Pappas, Driving AI Innovation
FMS 2025 celebrated Jim Pappas’ lifetime of standards leadership while showcasing how AI is reshaping memory and storage with record-breaking innovation across the industry.
Insights with sayTEC on Sovereign IT Infrastructure Revolution
A unified security-first platform is eliminating decades of fragmented IT vulnerabilities while delivering military-grade protection at half the cost
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Podcasts
GEICO’s Rebecca Weekly on IT Transformation and OCP Innovation
In this episode, Rebecca Weekly shares how GEICO is rethinking cloud strategy and embracing OCP for improved efficiency, security, and cost savings in its infrastructure journey.
Data Insights: Arm’s Eddie Ramirez on Data Center Innovations
Join Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski as they chat with Eddie Ramirez from Arm about how chiplet innovations and compute efficiency are driving AI and transforming data center architecture.
From Desktops to Data Centers: Zane Ball on Silicon Innovation
In this episode – recorded live at the OCP Summit – host Allyson Klein catches up with Intel Corporate VP Zane Ball to discuss silicon innovation, AI evolution, and the future of enterprise adoption.
How Flex Manages Power, Heat and Scale in the AI Era: Part 2
Join us as Rob Campbell from Flex discusses the challenges and innovations in data centers, focusing on power, heat, and scale, while shaping the future of AI and sustainable solutions.
How Flex Manages Power, Heat and Scale in the AI Era: Part 1
Rob Campbell of Flex discusses how Flex is driving data center transformation with cutting-edge solutions like liquid cooling, AI-ready infrastructure, and vertical integration for global hyperscalers.
CircleB: Optimizing Data Centers for AI Workloads
Tune in as Jason Maselino of Circle B discusses the role of Open Compute Project in revolutionizing data centers with energy-efficient solutions, modular designs, and AI-ready infrastructure.
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.
CXL Enabled Memory Innovation with Memverge
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Memverge founder and CEO Charles Fan about his company’s disruptive vision for breaking through data center memory limitations and what the CXL standard will bring to infrastructure innovation.
Breakthrough Data Center Platform Innovation with AMD
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with AMD senior fellow and CXL technical taskforce co-chair Mahesh Wagh regarding AMD’s entry of CXL platforms into the market gen 4 AMD EYPC processors and his organization’s strategy to deliver disruptive innovation utilizing CXL capability in the years ahead.
UCIe Unleashing Chiplet Innovation with NVIDIA
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with NVIDIA Data Center Product Architect and Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express organization board member Durgesh Srivastava about the new UCIe specification and how it will reshape the foundations of compute architectures.
