Data Center
Highlights
Dog Days of Summer – Looking forward to OCP Summit
The upcoming OCP Summit in October will feature nineteen top-tier sponsors, up from just three in previous years, highlighting OCP’s role in AI infrastructure innovation. TechArena is excited to be a media sponsor, covering sustainable infrastructure, Sonic’s future, memory advancements, and power and cooling solutions with daily podcasts, video interviews, and stories.
It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here: Industry veteran Jim Fister unpacks the history of the data center
In this blog post, industry veteran Jim Fister explores the evolution of data centers from early 2000s servers to modern AI/ML racks. Highlighting engineering and logistical challenges, he emphasizes the need for ongoing innovation and celebrates engineers while anticipating future advancements to meet increasing power demands.
The State of Open Compute Infrastructure Innovation
TechArena spoke to over a dozen industry experts from OVH, Qarnot, PLVision, ZeroPoint Technologies, the Research Institutes of Sweden, London South Bank University, and the Open Compute Project to publish this comprehensive report on the state of open compute infrastructure innovation and how organizations should align data center planning and oversight with sustainability and performance objectives. If you manage an IT organization or oversee data center infrastructure, software, or sustainability initiatives, this report offers practical value for your organization.
Microsoft and AMD Extend AI Collaboration at Build
TechArena’s take on Microsoft Build announcement of the world’s first MI300X instances arriving on Azure AI.
Supermicro Leverages Its Heritage of Innovation to Fuel AI Era Compute
TechArena’s take on a recent Data Insights conversation featuring Supermicro and Solidigm on how Supermicro’s solutions are targeting AI data pipeline requirements and the role SSDs play in delivering high performance, efficiency and density for Supermicro solutions.
A Revolution of Open Infrastructure in Lisbon at OCP Regional Summit
We kick off this week’s reporting from Open Compute Project’s Regional Summit in Lisbon with some thoughts on historic innovation and how it shapes society.
CloudFest 2025: Honing the Human Edge
At the intersection of cutting-edge tech and human empathy, CloudFest 2025 explored how AI, sustainability, and service-centric design are reshaping the future of data centers and digital infrastructure.
Why Small Chiplets are a BIG Deal
Chiplets are transforming processor design, enabling greater performance, efficiency, and scalability. Matty Bakkeren’s latest blog explores how chiplets are reshaping the future of computing.
Fortinet: Active Security for a Rapidly Evolving Threat Landscape
With cybercrime costs soaring to $10.5T by 2030, IT leaders need smarter security. Fortinet’s AI-powered solutions enhance threat detection, automate response, and protect cloud environments at scale.
Catchpoint’s Powerful Approach to Internet Monitoring and Security
In our continuing Cloud Field Day coverage, explore Catchpoint’s approach to proactive internet monitoring and how its IPM platform enhances user experience, brand protection, and revenue growth.
Infoblox Heralds a New Era for DDI
In this Cloud Field Day blog, Allyson Klein covers Infoblox’s unified DDI platform, tackling multi-cloud complexity, security risks, and IP conflicts for seamless management and enterprise protection.
Top Trends I'm Tracking at Cloud Field Day 22
As a delegate at Cloud Field Day 22, our own Allyson Klein kicks off her coverage of the event by discussing the top trends she’s following this week in Silicon Valley. Stay tuned!
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Podcasts
Connectivity for the AI Era with Alphawave Semi’s Tony Chan Carusone
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Alphawave Semi’s CTO Tony Chan Carusone regarding the unique opportunity for connectivity innovation to fuel the era of AI and why Alphawave is perfectly poised for IP, chiplet and custom solution delivery.
Exploring the Birth of the Universe with the NASA Webb Telescope
TechArena host Allyson Klein sits down with NASA’s Matt Greenhouse to discuss the Webb telescope project, a mission he has been working on for decades, and how it will shape our understanding of the birth of the universe, exoplanets, and potentially life beyond Earth.
Scalable, Open-Source Authorization with Cerbos
TechArena host Allyson Klein talks with Cerbos co-founder and CEO Emre Baran of the importance of authorization solutions and why he founded Cerbos to deliver scalable code that developers can seamlessly integrate into cloud native applications.
Disruptive Security Advancement with VectorZero
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with VectorZero CTO and co-founder Sean Grimaldi about his extensive experience fighting bad actors to protect the nation’s security and how his learning at the CIA has informed his approach to elimination of attack vectors at VectorZero.
Observability in the Era of Distributed Computing with cPacket Networks
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with cPacket Networks CTO Ron Nevo about how observability has evolved for a multi-cloud to edge era and why his company is delivering four key components of observability solutions to customers.
Phoenix Rising: The Future of CPU Innovation with AMD
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with AMD's Lynn Comp about the changing landscape of CPU design and how AMD is poised to lead future innovation.
Efficient and Secure Data Center Computing with AMD's Robert Hormuth and Prabhu Jayanna
TechArena host Allyson Klein sat down with AMD’s Robert Hormuth and Prabhu Jayanna at the Open Compute Summit to discuss the advancements AMD EPYC processors have delivered in performance, performance efficiency and security capability including AMD’s Infinity Guard technology.
The Quest for Broad Data Center Advancement with Arm’s Eddie Ramirez
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Arm’s Eddie Ramirez at the Open Compute Summit about the architecture’s progress in data center, growing a thriving ecosystem, and the sustainability advantages of Arm’s design making it even more attractive to data center operators.
Storage Innovation in the AI Era with Solidigm’s Roger Corell and Tahmid Rahman
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Solidigm’s Roger Corell and Tahmid Rahman at the OCP Summit about their company’s heritage in the storage arena and how their SSD portfolio delivers the performance and efficiency required for the AI era.
The Future of Computing Infrastructure for the AI Era with Cloudflare’s Rebecca Weekly
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Cloudflare VP Rebecca Weekly at the OCP Summit on far ranging topics including the demands of AI on infrastructure, how Summit announcements will shape the industry, and the importance of modular and circular infrastructure oversight.
Charting a Long Range Strategy with Oracle’s Bev Crair
TechArena' host Allyson Klein chats with Oracle executive Bev Crair on how she’s tackling long term strategic planning for OCI to get ahead of where the market and customers travel and how this approach informs Oracle business.
Greenfield Data Center Explosion in the AI Era with HED’s Sara Martin
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with HED associate principal Sara Martin about the trends in greenfield data center buildout and what drives determination of greenfield site prioritization.
