PremDay #2 - OCP : Challenges and opportunities in Europe

The Open Compute Project (OCP) has been transforming the IT infrastructure landscape by driving innovation in efficiency, scalability, and sustainability. In this session, we will explore how OCP adoption is evolving across EMEA, highlighting real-world implementations by hyperscalers, enterprises, and research institutions. We will discuss the role of open hardware in enhancing performance, power efficiency, and rack density—key topics for on-premise infrastructure owners. Additionally, we will showcase how OCP-recognized solutions contribute to reducing the total cost of ownership while supporting emerging workloads like AI and HPC. Join us to learn how your organization can leverage OCP principles to optimize infrastructure operations and collaborate within the growing European ecosystem.

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1. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Open Compute Project Challenges and opportunities in Europe Raúl Álvarez, European Market Development Manager April 2nd, 2025
2. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Agenda • About the Open Compute Project • Open Specifications • Getting ready for OCP • Get involved • Challenges and Opportunities • Call to action • Q&A
3. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all About OCP
4. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Meeting the Market and Shaping the Future OPEN INNOVATION • Hyperscale-proven designs • Trusted IP model • Specs, best practices • Rapid technology adoption • Multi-vendor ecosystems • Future technologies COMMUNITY Hyperscale Centric
5. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all OCP’s 13+ Year Journey 2011 • 5 founding members • 200+ people at first summit • Facebook open-sources initial hardware specs 2014 • 150+ members • 2500+ at all Summits • Adds: DC full stack, network, storage, rack, silicon/GPUs • Facebook claims saving $2B over 3y thanks to OCP open source 2018 • 200+ members • 3800+ at all Summits • Adds to physical facilities, cooling environments, security FTS, OCP Ready • ~ $11B OCP-recognized equipment revenue 2022 • 300+ members • 3500+ at OCP Summit • Adds: Open Chiplet Economy, photonics, OCP Experience Centers, FTI • ~$27B OCP-recognized equipment revenue 2025 • 400+ members • 10,500+ est. at all Summits • Add Open Systems for AI strategic initiative • ~ $41B (F) OCP-recognized equipment revenue
6. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all 400+ Corporate Members 70+ EMEA 150+ Projects & Workstreams 55+ Startup Members $ 74B Market Impact* * 2028 (E) OCP Recognized Equipment OCP Market Impact Study by IDC Our Community Continues to Grow
7. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Diverse Membership Component IT Equipment DC Equipment System Integrators Enterprise Cloud Co-location Startups
8. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all The OCP Membership * 2028 (e) OCP Recognized Equipment OCP Market Impact Study by IDC 2028 Member Regional Revenue Snapshot Rest of APAC 12% China (PRC+HK) 23% EMEA 23% Americas 50%
9. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Standards Software & Management Research & Education Regional Initiatives Professional Associations & Alliances Amplifying OCP Reach Through Alliances CEDaCI new in 2025 new in 2025 new in 2025 new in 2025 new in 2025 new in 2025
10. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Open Specifications Shaping the future
11. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all MHS: A form factor evolution • Hyperscale to Enterprise • Simplified compatibility and supply chain • Community guidance
12. Industry leading Open Edge platform deployed worldwide Latest: Modular Hardware System for high work loads and commonality, Open RU platform Open Core to Edge Hyperscale + Cloud Regional Provider Premise Access Open Edge G3 Open Enterprise Edge Gateway RESOURCE DENSITY SERVICE LATENCY/DATA SOVERIGNITY Compute Networking Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway Open Edge G3 Open Aggregation Router Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) V2 Evenstar Open 4G/5G OpenRAN RU MHS MHS Edge-MHS 4Q 2025 Edge-MHS MHS Building Blocks: OCP Modular Contribution Model / Design Reuse Thermal Management AI HW/SW Optimization Scale Out/Bandwidth Acceleration System Composability
13. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Open Rack v3, towards HPR 13
14. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Blind mate Quick Connect An open specification for DLC, fully supported by the industry
15. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all. • From 36 to 48 Highly dense compute nodes • Up to 18,5k+ CPU Cores • Highly distributed power delivery • From 18kW to 80kW Rack • From Air to AALC An example in densification
16. 16 Networking Focus on fully disaggregated and open networking HW & SW • Developers of Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI), API adopted throughout networking merchant silicon market providing a vendor-independent way of controlling forwarding elements, such as a switching ASIC, an NPU or a software switch in a uniform manner. • Launched Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) an open source network operating system (NOS) based on Linux for networking • Market impacting contributions such as open source software, white box networking switches including first 51.2T switches, Active Electrical Cables (AEC) + • Recent contributions for open high performance scheduled fabric switching, FALCON transport protocols, PCIe expansion systems and more • In progress with Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), upcoming Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) • Related FTI project: Short Reach Optical Interconnects (SROI)
17. 17 Security Redefining Open Security • Launch and development of Caliptra open PRoT • Security Appraisal Framework and Enablement (S.A.F.E.) security audits and recognition success • Adam's Bridge Accelerator for Post Quantum Cryptography • Ongoing: Confidential Computing, Caliptra expansion with OCP Layered Open-source Cryptographic Key-management L.O.C.K. Circular economy enablement (ownership/history) Open Manageability and RAS • Advanced DMTF Redfish based telemetry/mgt flow for OCP systems • Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) contributions and ongoing work include: ◦ API for developers ◦ GPU/Accelerator Requirements ◦ Component resilience ◦ Fleet fault management standards ◦ Common Platform Action Log/Control HW Management OCP S.A.F.E
18. OCP Open Systems for AI Open, community led development, maximizing ecosystem opportunity • Strategic initiative featuring AI industry leaders, open to all • Communication structure to encourage collaboration between projects for system development Open Systems for AI – an umbrella OCP Strategic Initiative WORK AREAS COMMUNITY WORK ADOPTION & ECONOMY Execution in OCP Project workstreams Contributions in OCP database OCP Marketplace: chiplets, products, solutions and OCP Ready facilities Systems Management DC IT Infrastructure DC Physical Infrastructure + OCP Future Technologies Initiative
19. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Examples of Open Systems for AI within OCP Networking Rack & Power Cooling Server 400G+ switches 400G+ Cables NICs v3.0 OCP Accepted BBUs Power Shelves MiTAC DC-SCM MGX/HGX compute boards and servers MiTAC Capri Chiplets *coming soon BMQC UQD Fluids ORv3 racks
20. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all. Marketplace: Artificial Intelligence https://www.opencompute.org/ai-marketplace
21. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Getting ready for OCP OCP Ready Facility and Experience centers
22. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all. OCP Experience Centers Provide hands-on access to OCP recognized products and solutions. Seed emerging markets by allowing potential adopters to see and understand OCP equipment, channel and system integrators to conduct presales and engineers to develop new pre-product concepts.
23. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all. OCP Experience Centers Visit Test-drive Validate Collaborate Experience Adopt
24. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all. OCP Europe Experience Centers Networking Telco Rack & power Cooling Environments DCF OSF HW MGMT Sustainability
25. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all. Data Center Facility – OCP Ready • Standardization and self-certification for basic infrastructure ‘must-haves’ for HPC and Hyperscale deployments • Site Access, Perimeter Security, Access Controls and Monitoring, Logistics, Freight, Lifts / Elevators • Structural Information (Floor loading allowances etc.) • Electrical Design (Class rating, diverse power feeds etc.) • Mechanical Design (Class rating, max rack density etc.) • Sustainability Metrics • Certifications - (ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC I TYPE II, etc.) OCP Ready Link
26. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Challenges & Opportunities • OCP needs to be known to increase adoption. • The need of an ecosystem. • OCP Is solving current and future infra and compute challenges: Densification, (Power and Cooling), open standards. • The need for a scalable, efficient sovereign digital infrastructure. • Market demand, the trend is clear • Supply chain enablement; Channel and reseller in alignment to offer solutions to the market. 26
27. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Call to action • Participate! We need to hear from you; consider collaborating. (Thanks Scaleway!) • Engage with your organizations. • Work with your vendors. • Join our: o Community o Events o 3rd party events • Reach out! 27
28. Connect. Collaborate. Accelerate. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Get Involved! Join • Project Mailing Lists • Project Calls • Open Systems for AI Initiative Drive • Project Focus • Thought Leadership Run • Projects and Workstreams • Technical Steering Committee Contribute • Effort • Specifications • Products and Facilities Attend • OCP Summits • OCP Panels • Engineering Workshops • OCP Webinars • 3rd Party Events
29. From Ideas to Impact OCP Regional Summit – Dublin (April 29th – 30th) https://www.opencompute.org/summit/emea-summit
30. Community-driven hyperscale innovation for all Thank you! Q&A raul@opencompute.org