Open Compute Project

Extracted Attributes

• Abbreviation

  OCP

• Headquarters

  Austin, Texas, United States

• Member Count

  400+ companies

• Inception Date

  2011-01-01

• Primary Purpose

  Sharing data center product designs and open hardware specifications

• Organization Type

  501(c)(6) non-profit organization

• Internal Predecessor

  Project Freedom (Facebook, 2009)

Timeline

• Began internally at Facebook as 'Project Freedom' led by Amir Michael, Jonathan Heiliger, and Frank Frankovsky. (Source: undefined)

  2009-01-01

• Official inception year of the Open Compute Project. (Source: undefined)

  2011-01-01

• Publicly announced during a press event at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California. (Source: undefined)

  2011-04-07

• 2CRSi joined the Open Compute Project community. (Source: undefined)

  2018-01-01

• Reached over 400 global member companies across tech, finance, and hardware manufacturing. (Source: undefined)

  2025-02-01

Open Compute Project

The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an organization that facilitates the sharing of data center product designs and industry best practices among companies. Founded in 2011, OCP has significantly influenced the design and operation of large-scale computing facilities worldwide. As of February 2025, over 400 companies across the world are members of OCP, including Arm, Meta, IBM, Wiwynn, Intel, Nokia, Google, Microsoft, Seagate Technology, Dell, Rackspace, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NVIDIA, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, Lenovo, Accton Technology Corporation and Alibaba Group.

Web Search Results

• What Is the Open Compute Project? | Supermicro

  The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an initiative launched in 2011 by Facebook (now Meta) to rethink and redesign hardware technology for scalable computing. Its primary goal is to create an open-source community that collaborates to develop the most efficient, scalable, and cost-effective computing infrastructures possible. By encouraging transparency, collaboration, and openness in the hardware design process, the OCP aims to optimize performance, energy efficiency, and space utilization while reducing hardware complexity and cost. [...] ## How Is the Open Compute Project Used? The OCP plays a key role in revolutionizing how modern data centers operate. Its contributions extend to various facets of data center design, including OCP servers, storage, networking equipment, and power management systems. By adopting OCP designs, organizations can build more energy-efficient, cost-effective, and scalable infrastructures. [...] Traditional data center hardware design has often been proprietary, with limited collaboration between manufacturers and users. The OCP challenges this model by encouraging companies to share their hardware designs, enabling others to improve upon them and adopt a more standardized, modular approach to data center infrastructure. This shift in approach not only allows for enhanced performance and sustainability but also drives down the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. ## How Is the Open Compute Project Used?

• Open Compute Project - Wikipedia

  Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Organization that shares designs of data center products Open Compute Project | Abbreviation | OCP | | Formation | 2011; 15 years ago (2011) | | Type | organisation | | Purpose | Sharing designs of data center products | | Region served | Worldwide | | Members | 50+ corporations | | Website | opencompute.org | The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an organization that facilitates the sharing of data center product designs and industry best practices among companies. Founded in 2011, OCP has significantly influenced the design and operation of large-scale computing facilities worldwide. [...] ## History [edit] The Open Compute Project began at Facebook (now Meta) in 2009 as an internal project called "Project Freedom". The hardware designs and engineering teams were led by Amir Michael (Manager, Hardware Design) and sponsored by Jonathan Heiliger (VP, Technical Operations) and Frank Frankovsky (Director, Hardware Design and Infrastructure). The three would later open source the designs of Project Freedom and co-found the Open Compute Project. The project was announced at a press event at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto on April 7, 2011. ## OCP projects [edit] The Open Compute Project Foundation maintains a number of OCP projects, such as: ### Server designs [edit] | | [...] As of February 2025, over 400 companies across the world are members of OCP, including Arm, Meta, IBM, Wiwynn, Intel, Nokia, Google, Microsoft, Seagate Technology, Dell, Rackspace, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NVIDIA, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, Lenovo, Accton Technology Corporation and Alibaba Group. ## Structure [edit] (6)(6) "501(c)(6)") non-profit incorporated in the state of Delaware, United States. OCP has multiple committees, including the board of directors, advisory board and steering committee to govern its operations.

• What is Open Compute Project (OCP)? | 2CRSi

  The Open Compute Project is a collaborative community, focuses on rethinking the IT principles and redesigning hardware technology to support the growing demand for computing infrastructure efficiently. The OCP follows the spirit of software open source communities adapted to hardware. The members aim to share the best possible designs to answer modern needs with the most suitable solution. With a touch of “Zero Bullshit”, the OCP based hardware offersthree significant benefits: ## 2CRSi x O ​ CP [...] 2crsi Rackmount Servers & accessories OCP Servers & RACKS Workstations COOLING HPC CLOUD EDGE DC ARCHITECTURE Integration About TECH PARTNERS DISTRIBUTORS Recognition English (US) English (US) Français 2crsi English (US) English (US) Français # OPEN COMPUTE PROJET (OCP) ## What is OC ​ P? 19’’ form factor has been a world standard for hardware servers since the birth of modern telecommunication. With the growth of the GAFAs, as massive users of hardware, a new question has emerged: what if we created a new standard to address new challenges such as consumption, density, maintenance, or flexibility? Meta, with this question in mind, initiated the Open Compute Project (OCP) by 2011. [...] This involvement in the community enables 2CRSi to design solutions based on the OCP standards with unique 2CRSi designs, to go even further in performance and energy consumption. Our contributions to OCP 2CRSi group, have been a member of the Open Compute Project community since 2018, and our values of openess, innovation and sustainability are a perfect compliment to one another. ## 2CRSi's OCtoPus range The OCtoPus range is a new generation of high density 21” servers designed by2CRSi, and which are based on the principles shared by the Open Compute Project community.

• What is the Open Compute Project (OCP)?

  Skip to content Dober logo # What is the Open Compute Project (OCP)? Dober | The Open Compute Project (OCP) is a collaborative community, fostered by the OCP Foundation, focused on redesigning hardware technology to efficiently support growing compute infrastructure demands. Its mission is to design, use, and enable the mainstream delivery of the most efficient designs for scalable computing. Originally publicly launched by Facebook (now Meta) in 2011, OCP began by sharing open designs for hyperscale data center infrastructure. Today, it has grown into a broad ecosystem of operators, OEMs/ODMs, component suppliers, and solution providers working together to develop and adopt open hardware standards.OCP INSPIRED LOGO [...] Standardizing interfaces and system requirements Supporting interoperable, multi-vendor ecosystems Enabling scalable deployment of liquid cooling technologies OCP’s work helps align IT hardware and facility infrastructure considerations, including how cooling systems integrate with broader data center operations. ## Conclusion The Open Compute Project is a major force in the evolution of data center infrastructure. By fostering open collaboration and developing shared specifications, OCP helps drive efficiency, scalability, and interoperability across the industry. [...] For Dober, we have been recognized as OCP Inspired™ for our COOLWAVE DC-25 coolant solution, a critical step in our data center coolant journey. ## What Does OCP Do? OCP develops and promotes open specifications and collaborative design practices across data center hardware and infrastructure. These specifications aim to improve efficiency, scalability, and interoperability across the data center ecosystem. Key areas of focus include: Data center facilities (power, cooling, and operations) Server and storage hardware Networking equipment Rack and power systems Cooling technologies OCP projects are organized into domain-specific groups where members collaborate on specifications, reference designs, and best practices. ## Key OCP Projects Relevant to Data Centers

• Open Compute Project Foundation - The mission is to apply the benefits of open source collaboration to hardware and increase innovation.

  # Open Compute Project Foundation The mission is to apply the benefits of open source collaboration to hardware and increase innovation. Computer Hardware Manufacturing • Austin, Texas • 24,503 followers • 11-50 employees ## Overview The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) was initiated in 2011 with a mission to apply the benefits of open source and open collaboration to hardware and rapidly increase the pace of innovation in, near and around the data center’s networking equipment, general purpose and GPU servers, storage devices and appliances, and scalable rack designs. OCP’s collaboration model is being applied beyond the data center, helping to advance the telecom industry & EDGE infrastructure. ### Website ### Crunchbase N/A ### LinkedIn N/A [...] ### Website ### Crunchbase N/A ### LinkedIn N/A ### Industry Computer Hardware Manufacturing ### Company Size 11-50 employees 120 associated members (LinkedIn members who've listed Open Compute Project Foundation as their current workplace on their profile) ### Founded 2011 ### Funding Last Round Date: N/A Last Round Type: N/A Total Rounds: N/A Last Round Raised: N/A ### Investors N/A ### Specialties Hardware, Data Center, Open Source, and Infrastructure ## Locations 13785 Research Blvd., Suite 125, Austin, Texas 78750, US ### Get Directions Directions ## Employees Dharmesh Jani (DJ) (N/A): Allan Cantle (N/A): Ravindra Sunkad (N/A): Robert Hormuth (N/A):

• Instance Of

  Q43229

• Inception Date

  1/1/2011