2024 OCP Global Summit: Power and Cooling Contributions Rise to the Top
Dell'Oro Group, Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
The 2024 OCP Global Summit theme was 'From Ideas to Impact,' but it could have been 'AI Ideas to AI Impact.' Accelerated computing infrastructure was front and center starting with the keynote, on the exhibition hall floor, and in the breakout sessions.
Hyperscalers and the ecosystem of suppliers that support them were eager to share what they've been working on to bring accelerated computing infrastructure and AI workloads to the market, at scale. As you may expect with anything AI related, it drew a crowd - Over 7000 attendees participated in the event in 2024, a significant increase from ~4500 last year. Throughout the crowds, sessions, and expo hall, three key themes stood out to me: Power and cooling designs for NVIDIA GB200 NVL Racks, an explosion of interest in liquid cooling, and sustainability's presence among the AI backdrop.