Why OCP has a standard for data center buildings
The Open Compute Project started out on racks. Now it has specifications for buildings - and wholesale colocation provider Kao Data welcomes them
Opinions - Open Hardware
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Open19: OCP's little brother?
Now there’s another open standard at the data center rack level. Will Open19 get on with the Open Compute Project?
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The beauty of standard IT pods
Standardized IT pod architectures can offer many advantages to hyperscale and colocation data centers
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Open Compute creates variety, not uniformity
Commoditized standard hardware can actually enhance the variety on offer: consider Microsoft and Facebook’s Open Compute strategies
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Open Compute's Google stinger
Google joining Open Compute is more exciting than Spiderman’s appearance in a Captain America movie trailer
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Open Compute power distribution doesn’t travel well?
Google is sharing its 48VDC power distribution with the Open Compute Project. This will be of limited use in European data centers