The 2026 OCP Global Summit is approaching capacity, and you won't want to miss this year's extraordinary keynote lineup. We are excited to welcome Dr. Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of AMD, to the OCP Global Summit keynote stage! One of the technology industry's most influential leaders, Dr. Su has led AMD's transformation into a leader in high-performance and adaptive computing, helping advance the next generation of computing and AI technologies. And she's part of a powerful lineup of keynote speakers bringing perspectives from across the global technology ecosystem, including AMI/Lattice Semiconductor, Arm, Broadcom, Google, HPE, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Oracle. Under this year's theme, Scaling Innovation for the AI Era, the OCP Global Summit will bring together the leaders and innovators shaping what's next for open technology in AI Data Centers covering everything from Chip to Grid, including , compute, networking, power, cooling, DC facility power distribution, energy generation and storage, end to end management, and sustainability. October 12–15, 2026 San Jose, California Registration is filling quickly. Tickets are limited, and the Summit may sell out before the event. Once maximum capacity is reached, registration will close and onsite registration may not be available. Don't wait to secure your place alongside the global OCP Community. View the keynote lineup and full schedule: 2026ocpglobal.fnvirtual.app/… Register now: opencompute.org/summit/globa… #OCPSummit26 #OpenCompute #AIInfrastructure #AI #DataCenters #OpenInfrastructure #AMD #Innovation

As we celebrate the 3-year anniversary of OCP S.A.F.E., we’re proud to sponsor this event and highlight how Caliptra and OCP S.A.F.E. work together to raise the bar for silicon security assurance. Registration is now open for the OCP Caliptra Workshop 2026, hosted at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View on October 12 from 8.30am - 2pm Caliptra provides an open, industry-driven silicon Root of Trust that establishes a strong foundation for platform security. OCP S.A.F.E. complements that foundation with an independent security review framework. Together, they provide a path from open security architecture to independently assessed implementations, helping the ecosystem build greater confidence in the security of silicon and systems. The workshop will bring together silicon integrators, security experts, contributors, and ecosystem partners. This is a great opportunity to engage directly with the Caliptra community and see how open silicon security and independent security assurance can work hand-in-hand. Reserve your place through the RSVP link: bit.ly/3TMDO1h #Caliptra #OCPSAFE #OpenCompute #HardwareSecurity #SiliconSecurity #RootOfTrust #SecurityAssurance

It’s #TrackTuesday! 👀 This week: AI Computing Continuum + Quantum Technologies What comes next for data center infrastructure? These tracks look beyond today’s traditional hyperscale architectures to explore AI deployment across diverse environments and the future integration of quantum technologies. Dive into server and rack architectures for distributed AI, XPU options and agentic AI use cases—alongside fault-tolerant quantum systems, quantum communications, live testbeds and the infrastructure needed to scale emerging quantum technologies. Explore the tracks and start building your #OCPSummit26agenda at bit.ly/4g5mq05 📍San Jose, California 📅October 12–15, 2026

Thank you to our OCP Volunteer Leaders. The Open Compute Project Foundation is powered by dedicated volunteers who contribute their expertise, leadership, and passion to advance open infrastructure innovation across the global technology ecosystem. Their contributions help make OCP’s mission possible. John Leung - Intel What is your role in the OCP Community? John is a Principal Engineer at Intel and a longtime contributor within the OCP Community. Over the past decade, he has helped bridge standards development with real-world customer needs, bringing practical perspectives into industry-wide collaboration efforts. How long have you been involved with OCP? John has been a member of the OCP Steering Committee for 10 years, and has led several workstreams. Why do you volunteer your time to OCP? John values OCP’s close connection to end users and customers. He believes OCP provides a unique opportunity to understand end user problems and how technologies and standards are actually deployed, ensuring innovation remains practical and impactful. What impact has OCP had on you professionally? OCP has provided visibility across technologies far beyond his core specialty, including liquid cooling, AI infrastructure, and emerging data center innovations. Just as importantly, it has connected him with an incredible network of industry peers. What are you most excited about right now? John is looking forward to his eight-week sabbatical, his fourth during his career, and the opportunity to reflect, learn, and explore. Something people may not know about you? John has traced his family genealogy back to approximately 700 AD. Volunteer Leadership Quote: “OCP keeps us focused on building technologies that solve real customer problems.”

The 2026 OCP APAC Summit content is now available! 🌏 The 2026 OCP APAC Summit brought the global OCP Community together in Taipei to explore the future of open infrastructure for AI, spanning silicon, networking and advanced packaging to power, cooling and data center design. 2026 OCP APAC Summit Highlights Recordings More.pdfPDF Now you can revisit the Summit, catch sessions you missed, or experience the event for the first time with a growing collection of content from Taipei: 🎥 Watch the 2026 OCP APAC Summit Highlight Reel bit.ly/4iLQWhr 📑 View and download presentation materials from across the Summit program bit.ly/4yQuQPr 📸 Browse the photos from the 2026 OCP APAC Summit bit.ly/4rnipbt And there is a lot to catch up on. This year's Summit welcomed nearly 2,500 registered participants from more than 1,000 organizations and 36 countries, and over 250 speakers, representing more than 60% year-over-year growth. Whether you joined us in Taipei or followed from afar, dive into the ideas, technical insights and open collaboration helping shape the next generation of AI infrastructure. Interested in sponsoring the 2027 OCP APAC Summit? Check out the opportunities here: bit.ly/4y9akd2 #OCPSummit #OCPAPAC #OpenCompute #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #OpenInfrastructure #AI #Innovation

⚡ AI is changing the power demands of the data center. Is energy storage ready to keep up? Join the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) on September 30for a free live Educational Webinar exploring how AI workloads, increasing rack densities, evolving safety standards and sustainability requirements are reshaping energy storage across the modern data center. Energy Storage Across the Modern Data Center: Evolving Standards, Sustainability, and AI-Related Power Quality 📅Wednesday, September 30, 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 💻 Live Virtual Event 🎟️ Free to attend As AI infrastructure scales, highly dynamic workloads and synchronized GPU activity are creating new challenges for power delivery and power quality. At the same time, energy storage is moving beyond its traditional role as backup power, with new approaches bringing storage closer to the compute itself. Our panel of experts will explore: 🔹How AI workloads and higher rack densities are changing energy storage requirements 🔹 The impact of evolving standards including UL 9540A and NFPA 855-2026 🔹 The role of energy storage in managing GPU power transients and on-site generation 🔹 Sustainability, lifecycle impacts, recyclability and responsible battery sourcing 🔹 What operators should consider when evaluating energy storage for future AI infrastructure Hear perspectives from: 🎤 Jay Dietrich, Research Director, Sustainability and Energy, Uptime Institute 🎤 Jake Whitacre, Senior Product Manager, ZincFive 🎤 Dr. Matthew Raiford, Senior Technical Director, CBI 🎤 James Kelly, VP Market Intelligence and Innovation, Open Compute Project Foundation Whether you work in data center power, infrastructure design, electrical engineering, hardware, sustainability, energy storage or safety, this is an opportunity to hear from experts about a rapidly evolving part of the AI infrastructure stack. 👉 Learn more and register FREE: opencompute.org/summit/ocp-e… #OpenComputeProject #OCP #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #EnergyStorage #DataCenterPower #ArtificialIntelligence #Sustainability #PowerInfrastructure #OpenCompute

🌏 OCP is heading to Singapore! Join us September 29–30 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre for the 2026 OCP Southeast Asia Tech Day @ Data Centre World Asia, bringing the OCP Community together with leaders from across the region to explore the infrastructure powering the next era of AI. The agenda is packed with technical insights and industry perspectives from organizations including ABB, AMD, Arm, Broadcom, Celestica, Digital Realty, EPRI, Google, IDC, Meta, Micron, NVIDIA, Princeton Digital Group, SemiAnalysis, Siemens and more. Across two days, we’ll explore some of the most important challenges and opportunities facing digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia, including: 🔹 AI infrastructure and inference at scale 🔹 Advanced networking and cluster architectures 🔹 Power, grid capacity and energy resilience 🔹 Liquid cooling and next-generation data center design 🔹 Quantum-classical infrastructure 🔹 Sustainability and the energy-water challenge 🔹 Open standards and collaborative engineering And there’s even more on Day 2. We’re excited to welcome Infrastructure Masons (iMasons), which will host a dedicated half-day program focused on “Watts, Water, and Workloads: Decarbonizing APAC’s AI Infrastructure Boom.” The program includes the iM Women Networking Breakfast, discussion of the energy-water nexus under increasing infrastructure density, and collaborative breakout sessions focused on actionable roadmaps. 📅 September 29–30, 2026 📍 Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore 🎟️ OCP Southeast Asia Tech Day is part of Data Centre World Asia 2026 From silicon and networking to power, cooling and sustainability, this is an opportunity to connect with the people designing and building the next generation of AI infrastructure across Asia. 👉 Explore the full agenda: bit.ly/4xvc7YE Apply for a complementary pass here: bit.ly/4rltKbZ #OpenComputeProject #OCP #OCPSoutheastAsia #DataCentreWorldAsia #DCWA2026 #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #OpenCompute #DigitalInfrastructure #Sustainability #iMasons #Singapore

It’s #TrackTuesday! 👀 This week: Open Chiplet Economy + OCP Special Focus: Photonics As AI infrastructure pushes the limits of compute and connectivity, these tracks dig into two critical areas shaping what comes next: custom silicon and next-generation interconnects. Explore chiplet and IP reuse, HBM integration, chiplet security and system interoperability—alongside XPO, NPO and CPO architectures, photonics engineering trade-offs, resiliency at scale and the open standards needed to move both ecosystems forward. Explore the tracks and start building your #OCPSummit26 agenda at bit.ly/4g5mq05 📍 San Jose, California 📅 October 12–15, 2026

🇬🇧 OCP is heading to London! Join the Open Compute Project Community at Xcelerated Compute London, September 16–17, at the Business Design Centre. The Xcelerated Compute Show will bring together 500+ leaders from across hyperscale, neocloud, enterprise and digital infrastructure to explore where hardware and software come together to power the next generation of AI and compute. OCP will be hosting a fireside chat: Preparing data centers for high-performance AI/ML racks · Sept. 16, 2026, 3:20 p.m. — Sept. 16, 2026, 3:40 p.m. · Room A | 2nd Level OCP Community members can attend FREE! Use VIP Access Code: OCP26 to receive complimentary access to the full event, including keynotes, technical sessions, networking and the co-located DCD Connect. And while you're there, join us for the OCP Community Meetup: 📅 Wednesday, September 16 ⏰ 4:00–5:30 PM 📍 Room F, 2nd Level, Business Design Centre Connect with fellow OCP Community members and join the conversation around the latest developments in the Open Data Center for AI reference design and other OCP initiatives shaping the future of AI infrastructure. 🎟️ Register as OCP's guest: eur.cvent.me/0lqKEz?RefId=XC… VIP Access Code: OCP26 If you're in London and working on the future of AI and data center infrastructure, we hope to see you there! #OpenComputeProject #OCP #XceleratedCompute #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters #OpenCompute #London #ArtificialIntelligence

OCP is heading to the AI Infra Summit 2026 in Santa Clara, September 15–17! Join us Wednesday, September 16, for “Open Collaboration in the Age of AI: Shaping the Future of Data Center Infrastructure,” a panel exploring how open source, open standards and collaborative innovation can help shape the rapidly evolving infrastructure required for AI. 📅 Wednesday, September 16 ⏰ 4:10–4:50 PM 📍 Santa Clara Convention Center | AI Data Center Track OCP’s James Kelly will moderate a discussion featuring: -Sharmila Bokka, Crusoe -Harsha Bojja, Google -Alee Fong, OpenAI The panel will examine where open source and standards can deliver immediate value for AI data centers, where the industry still needs time to mature and converge, and where open, agnostic interfaces can enable innovation across competing technologies. We’ll also explore how open systems for AI are being adopted across hyperscalers, neoclouds and enterprise deployments, and what that means for the future of AI infrastructure. Attending the Summit? Come visit OCP at Booth 750! 🎟️ Apply for a free Expo Hall ticket, or use code OCP20 to receive 20% off registration. Learn more about the AI Infra Summit: ai-infra-summit.com/ View the agenda: ai-infra-summit.com/2026agen… Free Expo Hall ticket: reg.kisacoresearch.com/submi… #OCP #OpenComputeProject #AIInfraSummit #AIInfrastructure

It’s #TrackTuesday! 👀 Liquid cooling has become essential infrastructure for high-density AI—and this week, we’re spotlighting three tracks tackling the engineering challenges from the facility to the chip. This week: Cooling Environments + Cooling: Immersion + Cooling: Cold Plate From fleet-scale operations and immersion cooling to direct-to-chip design, explore the technologies, engineering practices and open standards advancing liquid cooling for AI at scale. Explore all of the Summit tracks and start building your #OCPSummit26 agenda at bit.ly/4g5mq05 📍 San Jose, California 📅 October 12–15, 2026

🌟Volunteer Spotlight: Jeff Andersen, Google What is your role in the OCP Community? Jeff is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google and an active contributor to OCP specification development and industry collaboration initiatives. How long have you been involved with OCP? Jeff has been volunteering with OCP since 2021. Why do you volunteer your time to OCP? Jeff believes collaboration between cloud providers and vendors is essential to creating effective, scalable solutions. Through OCP, he helps ensure requirements are aligned and that the industry can move forward together. What impact has OCP had on you professionally? OCP has given Jeff the opportunity to help reduce fragmentation across the industry by enabling vendors to build toward common specifications. He also values the relationships built through face-to-face collaboration at OCP events around the world. What are you most excited about right now? Jeff is particularly interested in the industry’s transition toward post-quantum cryptography and addressing emerging AI security challenges—two areas he sees as highly impactful over the coming years. Something people may not know about you? Jeff took up skydiving during the COVID era and continues to enjoy the sport. Volunteer Leadership Quote: “When the industry aligns around common requirements, everyone benefits.” 👏Thank you, Jeff, for your leadership, dedication and continued contributions to the OCP Community! #OCPCommunity #VolunteerSpotlight #OpenCompute

It’s #TrackTuesday! 👀 This week we are featuring: Open Platform Firmware + Market Impact & Adoption From open, secure firmware architectures to the platforms, supply chains and deployment models accelerating AI infrastructure at scale, these tracks explore both sides of open innovation: advancing the technology and putting it to work in the real world. Dive into flash-less boot, memory-safe firmware and agentic automation—alongside AI factory economics, standardized platforms, interoperability and real-world OCP adoption. Explore the tracks and start building your #OCPSummit26 agenda at bit.ly/4g5mq05 📍 San Jose, California 📅 October 12–15, 2026

📣A new home for the OCP Global Summit! Beginning in 2027, the OCP Global Summit is moving to the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco! As the Summit and our global Community continue to grow, Moscone Center will give us more room to welcome attendees and exhibitors while creating even more opportunities to connect, collaborate and advance open infrastructure together. 📅 2027 OCP Global Summit October 4–7, 2027 Moscone Center | San Francisco, CA Read the full announcement and save the dates for future Summits: bit.ly/4h2D54S

2026 OCP APAC Summit: By the Numbers The 2026 OCP APAC Summit brought nearly 2,500 attendees of the global OCP Community together at TaiNEX2 in Taipei City, Taiwan, on August 11–12, making this year's gathering a tremendous success and demonstrating the continued growth and importance of the OCP Community across the Asia Pacific region. The slides and presentation videos will be ready in the next few days. Read the full story here: bit.ly/4qHLTjP

Meet Saket Karajgikar, with NVIDIA, one of the many volunteer leaders who are the heart and soul of the OCP Community! What is your role in the OCP Community? Saket is a Senior Engineering Manager at NVIDIA and serves as one of the principal drivers of the OCP Data Center Facilities (DCF) Project. He has been instrumental in helping align industry stakeholders around shared goals spanning infrastructure, cooling, and technology development. How long have you been involved with OCP? Saket has been volunteering with OCP since late 2022. Why do you volunteer your time to OCP? Saket believes OCP provides a powerful platform for industry alignment, helping organizations work together on common challenges ranging from supply chain concerns to technology innovation. He also values OCP’s ability to support and inspire the next generation of engineers. What impact has OCP had on you professionally? OCP allows Saket to collaborate across workstreams and disciplines, helping build end-to-end guidance that spans everything from chips to cooling systems. The experience provides valuable industry insights and broadens collaboration opportunities. What are you most excited about right now? Saket believes AI is transforming thermal and mechanical engineering in ways not seen since the rise of the internet. He sees this as one of the most exciting periods in the history of infrastructure engineering. Something people may not know about you? Saket is an avid cook and has traveled to Japan multiple times in search of specialty kitchen knives and cooking tools.

It’s #TrackTuesday! 👀 Every Tuesday leading up to the 2026 OCP Global Summit, we’re spotlighting tracks bringing the OCP Community together around the technologies shaping the future of open infrastructure. This week: Server + Rack & Power From modular server architectures and next-generation interconnects to megawatt-scale racks, advanced power delivery and thermal design, these tracks explore how infrastructure is evolving to meet the performance, power and density demands of AI at scale. Explore the tracks and start building your #OCPSummit26 agenda at bit.ly/4g5mq05 📍 San Jose, California 📅 October 12–15, 2026

Three Days. Three Virtual Events. One Week of Learning with OCP. Join the Open Compute Project Community this week for three free virtual events exploring the technologies, skills and infrastructure shaping the AI era. 📅 Tuesday, August 25 | 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET OCP AI Next Generation: Open Data Center for AI Virtual Workshop Explore the Datacenter: Next-Generation ML Infrastructure Design Principles specification and the technical challenges of building AI/ML infrastructure at scale, from power and cooling to system architecture. 📅 Wednesday, August 26 | 10:00 AM PT / 1:00 PM ET Women in OCP Empower Hour: Thriving in the Era of AI Session 3: Vibe Coding & Building Intelligent Agents Experts from Meta and Microsoft will explore what it takes to design, build and deploy reliable AI agents, including proven design patterns, real-world lessons and common pitfalls. The session concludes with a live demonstration of "vibe coding" an AI Agent, showing how an idea can quickly become a working intelligent solution. 📅 Thursday, August 27 | 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET OCP Educational Webinar: Open Standards, Infinite Possibilities: The Future of Custom Engineering for Rack & Power Solutions Join Legrand and Semi Analysis for a discussion on balancing OCP's open standards with the increasingly specialized power, thermal and spatial requirements of AI, edge and cloud infrastructure. 💻 All three events are virtual and free to attend. 👉 Learn more and register: bit.ly/4wQaBQC #OpenCompute #OCP #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters #AgenticAI #OpenInfrastructure #WOCP

Digital Infrastructure World (DIW) will take place February 3–4, 2027, in San Jose, California. As an OCP co-located event, DIW will unite semiconductor and systems companies, networking, power and cooling innovators, hyperscalers, cloud and enterprise leaders, colocation providers, EPCs, utilities, architects, engineers, and data center operators in one collaborative forum designed to accelerate the future of AI infrastructure. More than another industry event, DIW is an opportunity to extend the collaboration that defines OCP by bringing together every organization shaping AI infrastructure—from the chip to the grid. We encourage every OCP member organization to get involved: -Speak – Share your technical expertise, lessons learned, and vision through conference sessions and panels. -Sponsor or Exhibit – Showcase your innovations while connecting with senior decision-makers from across the digital infrastructure ecosystem. *OCP Member discount available* -Attend – Collaborate with peers spanning silicon, systems, networking, power, cooling, cloud, and data centers. *OCP Member discount available* Your participation is more than supporting an event—it's extending the impact of the Open Compute Project and ensuring the principles of openness, collaboration, and innovation continue to guide the future of AI infrastructure. Call for presentations ends today, August 21, 2026! Learn more, register, explore sponsorships and submit here: digitalinfrastructure.world/