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Data center industry veteran Lynn Comp shares insights from her career, discussing the importance of adaptability, emotional IQ, and practical tech. She highlights three patterns: customers prefer reliability over high-performance solutions, network limitations can negate compute power, and economic realities can override technological enthusiasm.

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.

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.

Join host Allyson Klein in this insightful episode of Tech Arena, featuring Eric Dahlen from Intel and Alex Rakow from Schneider Electric. As co-chairs of the Compute Sustainability group within the Open Compute Project, Eric and Alex discuss their roles, the initiative's goals, and the impact of AI on data center sustainability. They delve into the challenges and innovations in power and cooling technologies, embodied carbon, and circularity practices. Get a sneak peek into what to expect at the upcoming OCP Summit and how industry leaders are pushing the boundaries of sustainable technology.

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.

TechArena’s take on Microsoft Build announcement of the world’s first MI300X instances arriving on Azure AI.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Microsoft’s Vice President of Azure AI and HPC Infrastructure, Nidhi Chappell, in advance of Microsoft Build 2024. Nidhi shares how her organization is accelerating deployments of critical technology to fuel the insatiable demand for AI around the world and how Microsoft’s AI tools including co-pilot, Open AI and more have been met with overwhelming engagement from developers. She also talks about Microsoft’s silicon plans and strategic collaborations with NVIDIA and AMD.

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.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Research Institute of Sweden’s Jon Summers about the latest research his team has conducted on efficient infrastructure and data center buildout in the wake of massive data center growth for the AI era.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Palo Alto Electron CEO Jawad Nasrullah about his vision for an open chiplet economy, the semiconductor manufacturing hurdles standing in the way of broad chiplet market delivery, and how he plans to play a role in shaping this next evolution of the semiconductor landscape.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with OCP’s Raul Alvarez on his new charter accelerating growth of the data center market in Europe as well as his ongoing work in immersion cooling technologies from OCP Lisbon 2024.

TechArena host Allyson Klein and Solidigm’s Jeniece Wnorowski chat with Weka’s Joel Kaufman, as he tours the Weka data platform and how the company’s innovation provides sustainable data management that scales for the AI era.

In this blog, Robert Bielby explains how engineers leverage redundancy, decomposition, and fault detection to certify standard components for advanced safety compliance at the system level.

MIPS’ recently announced Atlas portfolio integrates sensing, decision-making, and real-time control systems. These compute subsystems enable intelligent, autonomous machines across edge applications.

Dryad Networks is scaling its solar-powered gas sensors to detect wildfires early—most recently deploying 50,000+ sensors in Thailand’s forests to enhance fire prevention and environmental protection.

At Mobile World Congress 2025, Allyson Klein and Arm CMO Ami Badani discuss how power-efficient compute is fueling the next wave of AI innovation, enabling new use cases across industries.

Ensuring vehicle safety requires rigorous design, but failures still happen. This blog dives into FuSa random fault coverage, breaking down ASIL metrics, failure rates, and how safety mechanisms work.

Jim Blakley of Carnegie Mellon University’s Living Edge Lab shares insights on edge computing, AI-driven drones, private 5G, industry partnerships, and real-time innovation.

With ever-increasing demands for data, cars of the future have been dubbed data centers on wheels. But will they become LLMs on wheels? Learn why Automotive Expert Robert Bielby thinks so.

In this blog post, automotive expert Robert Bielby shares the vehicle trends he expects to see moving into 2025 and beyond and presents a helpful framework for anticipating these shifts.

In this blog, Robert Bielby explores the critical role of cybersecurity in keeping modern vehicles safe. He dives into potential points of attack and the industry standards meant to keep bad actors out.

This special In the Arena episode features co-host Robert Bielby and Emobi CEO Lin Sun Fa as they dive into EV security, advanced charging tech, and the future of automotive innovation.

Automotive expert Robert Bielby explores the trend of bringing high-end audio into cars, from luxury sound systems to tech like Separated Sound Zone, reshaping the in-car audio experience.

Robert Bielby explains Software-Defined Vehicles and their promise to revolutionize the auto industry, enabling personalized features, Over-the-Air (OTA) updates, and new revenue streams for automakers.

TechArena’s take on NVIDIA’s network aspirations, the progress of the Aerial platform, and more from #MWC24

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Ribbon Communications’ Jonathan Homa and David Stokes about the progress of 5G proliferation and the importance of the adoption of the intelligent middle mile in reaping full benefit from 5G services.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Samsung’s Head of 6G Advanced Network Research and one of the industry’s top women in 6G, Yue Wang, about her vision for the next generation communications standard, what technical forces are shaping its progress, and how the industry stands to capitalize on its fruition.

TechArena host Allyson Klein delves deep into dynamic spectrum allocation and new government policy that opens up innovation in how spectrum is accessed for all with DGS CEO Fernando Murias.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with NVIDIA VP Rajesh Gadiyar about how his company is riding the AI wave into the heart of the network and edge with innovative platforms like the company’s powerful Ariel VRAN stack.

AMD Extends Network Performance and Efficiency Leadership at MWC24

The TechArena kicks off Mobile World Congress 2024 coverage with a perspective on 5G and its limited success thus far in the market.

TechArena’s take on today’s announcement from Juniper Networks on their claimed first AI Native network automation solution.

TechArena’s quick take on Juniper Networks discussion at Cloud Field Day

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Radware CTO David Aviv about the unique challenges of securing the edge and how his company is shaping security solutions to minimize attack threats.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Canonical’s Arno van Huyssteen and Wajeeha Hamid about the state of opensource for the network and their new solutions for RAN implementations.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Ribbon’s Matt Hurst about the opportunity of 5G services at the edge and how they’re reshaping business.

As shifting regulations disrupt environmental, social and governance efforts, AI and advanced data analytics emerge as key drivers of progress, offering opportunities for scalable, impactful ESG strategies.

In this blog post, Cognizant's Vernon Turner explains Sustainable IT, stressing app efficiency to cut emissions. As AI expands, IT energy demands may double, making sustainable practices crucial.

Jonathan Koomey of Koomey Analytics shares insights on AI’s role in energy efficiency, sustainability, and the tech sector’s potential to address climate challenges in this must-listen episode.

Allyson Klein and Roy Chua, founder & principal of AvidThink, explore AI-driven networking, sustainability challenges, energy efficiency, and more in this insightful episode, recorded at OCP Summit 2024.

Sustainability, data sovereignty, and competitive pricing drive OVHcloud's mission to challenge industry giants and shape the future of cloud computing.

Flex’s president of communications, enterprise & cloud discusses AI-driven data centers, Flex's role in scalable power and cooling solutions, rapid deployments, and innovation in liquid cooling.

In our chat with Justin Murrill, we learned how AMD integrates cutting-edge design to reduce carbon impact and how their innovative processors are driving data center efficiency and sustainability.

During this episode of Data Insights sponsored by Solidigm, Grégory Lebourg – Global Environmental Director at OVHcloud – discusses how companies can meet their environmental goals effectively.

As TechArena prepares to launch its 2024 Data Center Efficiency Report, Allyson Klein talks with Dave Sierra about how innovative SSDs are driving data center efficiency.

Leading up to the release of TechArena’s 2024 Data Center Efficiency Report, Martin shares how the right data foundation enhances GPU efficiency, driving sustainable, high-performance AI workloads.

TechArena's Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski from Solidigm sit down with Kelley Mullick, Vice President Technology Advancement and Alliances, from Iceotope to discuss the latest in data center cooling technology. They dive into the role of liquid cooling in supporting AI workloads, the sustainability benefits of advanced cooling solutions, and the future of edge computing.

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Deborah Andrews, Professor of Design for Sustainability and Circularity, at London South Bank University, about her research into delivering true circularity in data center production and operation and how the future is shaping to get closer to this vision.