Meet Saket Karajgikar, with NVIDIA, one of the many volunteer leaders who are the heart and soul of the OCP Community! What is your role in the OCP Community? Saket is a Senior Engineering Manager at NVIDIA and serves as one of the principal drivers of the OCP Data Center Facilities (DCF) Project. He has been instrumental in helping align industry stakeholders around shared goals spanning infrastructure, cooling, and technology development. How long have you been involved with OCP? Saket has been volunteering with OCP since late 2022. Why do you volunteer your time to OCP? Saket believes OCP provides a powerful platform for industry alignment, helping organizations work together on common challenges ranging from supply chain concerns to technology innovation. He also values OCP’s ability to support and inspire the next generation of engineers. What impact has OCP had on you professionally? OCP allows Saket to collaborate across workstreams and disciplines, helping build end-to-end guidance that spans everything from chips to cooling systems. The experience provides valuable industry insights and broadens collaboration opportunities. What are you most excited about right now? Saket believes AI is transforming thermal and mechanical engineering in ways not seen since the rise of the internet. He sees this as one of the most exciting periods in the history of infrastructure engineering. Something people may not know about you? Saket is an avid cook and has traveled to Japan multiple times in search of specialty kitchen knives and cooking tools.