Open Compute Project
Organization that shares designs of data center products
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| May 2024 | At an Open Compute regional summit, Meta and Rittal announced plans for developing the High Power Rack (HPR) ecosystem, aiming to increase rack power capacity to 92 kilowatts or more to support the power demands of latest generation processors. |
| May 2024 | At the same Open Compute summit, Delta Electronics and Advanced Energy presented their progress in developing new Open Compute standards for power shelf and rectifier designs for High Power Rack applications. |
| 2022 | Meta published the Open Rack V3 Base Specification for mechanical mounting systems, with significant contributions from Google and Rittal. The specification defined rack designs allowing wider chassis (537 mm width) and improved air flow. |
| 2022 | Meta published specifications for rectifiers, power shelf, and power monitoring interface (PMI), with Delta Electronics contributing technically to the battery backup unit specifications. |
| December 2019 | OCP released the NIC 3.0 specification 1v00, defining three network interface card (NIC) form factors: Small Form Factor (SFF), Thin Small Form Factor (TSFF), and Large Form Factor (LFF). |
| April 2018 | A confidential mid-trial settlement was reached between the parties in the trade secrets lawsuit. |
| 2017 | Facebook's petition to dismiss the BladeRoom Group and Bripco lawsuit was rejected by the court. |
| March 2015 | BladeRoom Group Limited and Bripco (UK) Limited filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Emerson Electric Co., and others, alleging disclosure of trade secrets related to prefabricated data centers through the Open Compute Project. |
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