2026 OCP Global Summit

The 2026 OCP Global Summit runs 12-15 October 2026 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center (150 W San Carlos St, San Jose, California), under the theme 'Scaling Innovation for the AI Era'. It is the Open Compute Project Foundation's flagship annual event and the venue where hyperscalers and their suppliers publish open specifications for servers, storage, networking, racks, power and cooling. The 2026 programme centres on AI-ready, high-density infrastructure: GPU platform design, advanced liquid cooling, high-voltage DC distribution toward 1MW-plus racks with integrated fire suppression, and modular data centre architectures, delivered through keynotes, technical deep dives and the OCP Innovation Village. Recurring workstreams visible in the programme include OCP-Ready liquid cooling, Open Rack v3, the Open Domain-Specific Architecture for AI, sustainability metrics, open firmware and rack infrastructure management. The 2025 edition in the same venue drew more than 11,000 attendees, making it one of the largest AI data centre events in the industry; the call for proposals for the 2026 Summit and the Future Technologies Symposium closed ahead of the event.

Date

October 12–15, 2026

Location

San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 W San Carlos St, California

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Summit

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

Open Compute Project Foundation

Added

Jul 14, 2026

Updated

Aug 13, 2026

• ✓Data centre infrastructure architects
• ✓VP / Head of Infrastructure Engineering
• ✓AI and HPC platform engineers
• ✓Hardware and silicon design leads
• ✓Data centre operations and facilities leaders
• ✓ODM / OEM and supply chain executives
• ✓Sustainability and energy strategy leads

Anyone signing off AI capacity should be here, because the constraints that decide whether that capacity lands on time are the ones this summit sets: rack power density, whether your facility can take liquid cooling, and which interfaces your suppliers will actually standardise on. Specifications published at OCP become the shape of vendor quotes six to eighteen months later, so attending is how you avoid buying a rack architecture the industry is about to leave behind. The floor puts hyperscalers, ODMs, silicon vendors and colocation operators in the same building, which makes it the most efficient place to pressure-test a multi-year build plan and to find second sources before a single-supplier design locks you in.

• ✓Theme: 'Scaling Innovation for the AI Era'
• ✓Keynotes and technical deep dives across four days
• ✓OCP Innovation Village hardware showcase
• ✓GPU platform design programming
• ✓Advanced and OCP-Ready liquid cooling sessions
• ✓High-voltage DC distribution and 1MW+ rack power delivery, including integrated fire suppression
• ✓Modular data centre architecture content
• ✓Open Rack v3 and Open Domain-Specific Architecture for AI workstreams
• ✓Open firmware, rack and infrastructure management, and security sessions
• ✓OCP Future Technologies Symposium (separate call for proposals)

• ★This is where open hardware specifications are actually published — Open Rack v3, OCP-Ready liquid cooling and the Open Domain-Specific Architecture for AI are released and revised here, so procurement teams see the standard before it reaches a vendor quote
• ★Power and cooling are first-class programme content, not a facilities side-track: 1MW-plus racks, high-voltage DC distribution and liquid cooling are the headline engineering topics
• ★Scale and vendor mix — the 2025 edition at the same venue drew more than 11,000 attendees, spanning hyperscalers, ODMs, silicon vendors and colocation operators in one room
• ★Content is contributed through a competitive call for proposals from the OCP community rather than sold as sponsored speaking slots
• ★The OCP Innovation Village puts working hardware on the floor, so rack, cooling and power designs can be inspected physically rather than in a slide

OCP has not published 2026 pass prices on any page we could verify. Registration opened in June 2026 following a call for proposals in May; check opencompute.org/summit/global-summit/registration for current tiers before budgeting, and note that OCP members and Summit sponsors are typically given a pre-sale window ahead of general registration.

When is 2026 OCP Global Summit?

2026 OCP Global Summit takes place October 12–15, 2026 in San Jose, California.

Where is 2026 OCP Global Summit held?

2026 OCP Global Summit is held in San Jose, California. The event format is in-person.

How much does 2026 OCP Global Summit cost?

2026 OCP Global Summit is paid. OCP has not published 2026 pass prices on any page we could verify. Registration opened in June 2026 following a call for proposals in May; check opencompute.org/summit/global-summit/registration for current tiers before budgeting, and note that OCP members and Summit sponsors are typically given a pre-sale window ahead of general registration.

Who should attend 2026 OCP Global Summit?

2026 OCP Global Summit is aimed at Data centre infrastructure architects, VP / Head of Infrastructure Engineering, AI and HPC platform engineers, Hardware and silicon design leads, Data centre operations and facilities leaders, ODM / OEM and supply chain executives, Sustainability and energy strategy leads.

What topics does 2026 OCP Global Summit cover?

2026 OCP Global Summit covers AI data centre infrastructure, GPU platform and rack design, Liquid cooling and thermal management, High-voltage DC power distribution, Open hardware specifications, Networking for scale-up AI systems, Modular data centre architecture, Data centre sustainability and efficiency, Open firmware and infrastructure management.

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