⚡ AI is changing the power demands of the data center. Is energy storage ready to keep up? Join the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) on September 30for a free live Educational Webinar exploring how AI workloads, increasing rack densities, evolving safety standards and sustainability requirements are reshaping energy storage across the modern data center. Energy Storage Across the Modern Data Center: Evolving Standards, Sustainability, and AI-Related Power Quality 📅Wednesday, September 30, 2026 ⏰ 11:00 AM ET 💻 Live Virtual Event 🎟️ Free to attend As AI infrastructure scales, highly dynamic workloads and synchronized GPU activity are creating new challenges for power delivery and power quality. At the same time, energy storage is moving beyond its traditional role as backup power, with new approaches bringing storage closer to the compute itself. Our panel of experts will explore: 🔹How AI workloads and higher rack densities are changing energy storage requirements 🔹 The impact of evolving standards including UL 9540A and NFPA 855-2026 🔹 The role of energy storage in managing GPU power transients and on-site generation 🔹 Sustainability, lifecycle impacts, recyclability and responsible battery sourcing 🔹 What operators should consider when evaluating energy storage for future AI infrastructure Hear perspectives from: 🎤 Jay Dietrich, Research Director, Sustainability and Energy, Uptime Institute 🎤 Jake Whitacre, Senior Product Manager, ZincFive 🎤 Dr. Matthew Raiford, Senior Technical Director, CBI 🎤 James Kelly, VP Market Intelligence and Innovation, Open Compute Project Foundation Whether you work in data center power, infrastructure design, electrical engineering, hardware, sustainability, energy storage or safety, this is an opportunity to hear from experts about a rapidly evolving part of the AI infrastructure stack. 👉 Learn more and register FREE: #OpenComputeProject# #OCP# #AIInfrastructure# #DataCenters# #EnergyStorage# #DataCenterPower# #ArtificialIntelligence# #Sustainability# #PowerInfrastructure# #OpenCompute#

🌏 OCP is heading to Singapore! Join us September 29–30 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre for the 2026 OCP Southeast Asia Tech Day @ Data Centre World Asia, bringing the OCP Community together with leaders from across the region to explore the infrastructure powering the next era of AI. The agenda is packed with technical insights and industry perspectives from organizations including ABB, AMD, Arm, Broadcom, Celestica, Digital Realty, EPRI, Google, IDC, Meta, Micron, NVIDIA, Princeton Digital Group, SemiAnalysis, Siemens and more. Across two days, we’ll explore some of the most important challenges and opportunities facing digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia, including: 🔹 AI infrastructure and inference at scale 🔹 Advanced networking and cluster architectures 🔹 Power, grid capacity and energy resilience 🔹 Liquid cooling and next-generation data center design 🔹 Quantum-classical infrastructure 🔹 Sustainability and the energy-water challenge 🔹 Open standards and collaborative engineering And there’s even more on Day 2. We’re excited to welcome Infrastructure Masons (iMasons), which will host a dedicated half-day program focused on “Watts, Water, and Workloads: Decarbonizing APAC’s AI Infrastructure Boom.” The program includes the iM Women Networking Breakfast, discussion of the energy-water nexus under increasing infrastructure density, and collaborative breakout sessions focused on actionable roadmaps. 📅 September 29–30, 2026 📍 Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore 🎟️ OCP Southeast Asia Tech Day is part of Data Centre World Asia 2026 From silicon and networking to power, cooling and sustainability, this is an opportunity to connect with the people designing and building the next generation of AI infrastructure across Asia. 👉 Explore the full agenda: Apply for a complementary pass here: #OpenComputeProject# #OCP# #OCPSoutheastAsia# #DataCentreWorldAsia# #DCWA2026# #AIInfrastructure# #DataCenters# #OpenCompute# #DigitalInfrastructure# #Sustainability# #iMasons# #Singapore#

🇬🇧 OCP is heading to London! Join the Open Compute Project Community at Xcelerated Compute London, September 16–17, at the Business Design Centre. The Xcelerated Compute Show will bring together 500+ leaders from across hyperscale, neocloud, enterprise and digital infrastructure to explore where hardware and software come together to power the next generation of AI and compute. OCP will be hosting a fireside chat: Preparing data centers for high-performance AI/ML racks · Sept. 16, 2026, 3:20 p.m. — Sept. 16, 2026, 3:40 p.m. · Room A | 2nd Level OCP Community members can attend FREE! Use VIP Access Code: OCP26 to receive complimentary access to the full event, including keynotes, technical sessions, networking and the co-located DCD Connect. And while you're there, join us for the OCP Community Meetup: 📅 Wednesday, September 16 ⏰ 4:00–5:30 PM 📍 Room F, 2nd Level, Business Design Centre Connect with fellow OCP Community members and join the conversation around the latest developments in the Open Data Center for AI reference design and other OCP initiatives shaping the future of AI infrastructure. 🎟️ Register as OCP's guest: VIP Access Code: OCP26 If you're in London and working on the future of AI and data center infrastructure, we hope to see you there! #OpenComputeProject# #OCP# #XceleratedCompute# #AIInfrastructure# #DataCenters# #OpenCompute# #London# #ArtificialIntelligence#

OCP is heading to the AI Infra Summit 2026 in Santa Clara, September 15–17! Join us Wednesday, September 16, for “Open Collaboration in the Age of AI: Shaping the Future of Data Center Infrastructure,” a panel exploring how open source, open standards and collaborative innovation can help shape the rapidly evolving infrastructure required for AI. 📅 Wednesday, September 16 ⏰ 4:10–4:50 PM 📍 Santa Clara Convention Center | AI Data Center Track OCP’s James Kelly will moderate a discussion featuring: -Sharmila Bokka, Crusoe -Harsha Bojja, Google -Alee Fong, OpenAI The panel will examine where open source and standards can deliver immediate value for AI data centers, where the industry still needs time to mature and converge, and where open, agnostic interfaces can enable innovation across competing technologies. We’ll also explore how open systems for AI are being adopted across hyperscalers, neoclouds and enterprise deployments, and what that means for the future of AI infrastructure. Attending the Summit? Come visit OCP at Booth 750! 🎟️ Apply for a free Expo Hall ticket, or use code OCP20 to receive 20% off registration. Learn more about the AI Infra Summit: View the agenda: Free Expo Hall ticket: #OCP# #OpenComputeProject# #AIInfraSummit# #AIInfrastructure#

Join the global OCP Community for two exciting events bringing together the people shaping the future of AI, hyperscale infrastructure, semiconductors, cloud platforms and next-generation data centers. 🇹🇼 2026 OCP APAC Summit 📅 August 11–12, 2026 📍 Taipei City, Taiwan Across two action-packed days, explore the latest technical innovations, connect with experts designing and operating hyperscale infrastructure, and meet organizations from across the data center ecosystem and supply chain. Learn more: 🇰🇷 2026 OCP Korea Tech Day 📅 August 21, 2026 📍 COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, South Korea Korea’s dedicated forum for open, data center–focused innovation returns with technical sessions, keynotes and exhibitions covering AI infrastructure, HPC, edge computing, cloud platforms, semiconductors and next-generation data center design. As AI transforms the demands placed on data centers, open standards and collaborative engineering are becoming foundational to performance, efficiency, scalability and sustainable growth. Learn more: Two events. Two dynamic technology hubs. One global community working together to build the future of open infrastructure. We look forward to seeing you in Taipei and Seoul! #OpenComputeProject# #OCP# #OCPAPACSummit# #OCPKoreaTechDay# #DataCenters# #AIInfrastructure# #HPC# #OpenHardware# #CloudComputing# #Semiconductors#