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.
3 Top Takeaways from OCP Summit
The 2024 OCP Summit spotlighted performance, power, and standards in the AI era, delivering record attendance and more than one jaw-dropping announcement. Check out our top takeaways from the event.
Keysight’s AI Test Platform: Optimizing AI Networks for Data Centers
Keysight’s AI Data Center Test Platform enhances AI network infrastructure by emulating workloads, benchmarking performance, and optimizing AI cluster communication for high-throughput, low-latency environments.
A Trio of Trackable Topics at OCP Summit
The OCP Summit is officially underway. As proud media sponsors, TechArena will cover all the biggest takeaways from the event - with a special focus on performance, power and cooling, and standards.
TechArena Data Center Compute Efficiency Report 2024
Check out TechArena’s Data Center Compute Efficiency Report 2024 to discover how AI-driven innovation is reshaping data centers, reducing power consumption, and driving efficient compute solutions.
You Can’t Have It All: Managing Expectations in Complex Projects
In this post, industry veteran Jim Fister highlights the importance of clear goals and managing expectations in tech projects, emphasizing the challenge of balancing schedule, features, and budget.
Don’t Skip Leg Day
Data center expert Lynn Comp explains how AI's data demands challenge networks to improve bandwidth, responsiveness, and security. Without these advancements, networks may struggle, like skipping leg day in weightlifting.
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Podcasts
Inside Confidential Computing with Hushmesh & Invary
Allyson Klein hosts Manu Fontaine (Hushmesh) and Jason Rogers (Invary) to unpack TEEs, attestation, and how confidential computing is moving from pilots to real deployments across data center and edge.
Immersion Cooling: Revolutionizing AI & Edge Computing
Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski welcome Mohan Potheri of Hypertec to explore how immersion cooling slashes energy use, shrinks data-center footprints, and powers sustainable, high-density AI, HPC, and edge solutions on this Data Insights episode.
SayTEC Powers Scalable, Secure, Sovereign IT Infrastructure
SayTEC redefines IT with a zero trust, hyper-converged platform delivering sovereign cloud, seamless scalability, and military-grade security for critical industries.
Flexibility at the Edge: Pragmatic Semiconductor’s Bold Approach
In this podcast, Pragmatic Semi CEO David Moore shares how flexible, sustainable ICs are unlocking new edge AI and IoT applications—powered by a low-carbon, high-volume fab model.
Protecting Against Quantum Cybersecurity Threats with Winbond
In this In the Arena episode, Winbond’s Jun Kawaguchi discusses their industry-leading strategies for tackling next-gen cybersecurity threats, ensuring robust protection for the future.
PCI-SIG’s Al Yanes on PCIe 7.0, HPC, and the Future of Interconnects
In this podcast, PCI-SIG President Al Yanes explores PCI-SIG's journey to PCIe 7.0, advancements in copper and optical specs, and their pivotal role in HPC and AI.
Scaling Innovation: How MIPS Balances Performance with Flexibility in a Data-Driven World
MIPS CTO Durgesh Srivastava shares insights on AI, data centers, automotive edge, and how MIPS is leveraging RISC-V to drive efficient, flexible computing solutions.
Powering AI with ZincFive’s Sustainable Battery Solutions
Tod Higinbotham, COO of ZincFive, discusses the role of nickel-zinc batteries in supporting AI workloads, improving data center efficiency, and advancing sustainability in power infrastructure.
Revolutionizing RAID: Graid's Supreme Solution for Modern Data Challenges
Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski chat with Kelley Osburn of Graid about SupremeRAID™ and its role in tackling high-performance storage challenges in data-driven environments.
Data Center in the AI Era with Jen Huffstetler
Join Allyson Klein as she welcomes former colleague/ industry innovator Jen Huffstetler. Jen shares her extensive experience driving advancements from client devices to the data center, including groundbreaking technologies like Centrino and 3D packaging.
Advanced Packaging Innovations in the Semiconductor Industry with Chee Ping Lee of Lam Research
In this podcast, learn about the challenges of silicon advancement, the importance of advanced packaging, and how Lam is driving breakthroughs to support the future of AI and chiplet ecosystems.
Sneak peek: What to expect at the OCP conference with Schneider Electric’s Alex Rakow and Intel’s Eric Dahlen
Join host Allyson Klein in this insightful episode of Tech Arena, featuring Eric Dahlen from Intel and Alex Rakow from Schneider Electric. As co-chairs of the Compute Sustainability group within the Open Compute Project, Eric and Alex discuss their roles, the initiative's goals, and the impact of AI on data center sustainability. They delve into the challenges and innovations in power and cooling technologies, embodied carbon, and circularity practices. Get a sneak peek into what to expect at the upcoming OCP Summit and how industry leaders are pushing the boundaries of sustainable technology.
