Raul Alvarez, EMEA Community Project Co-Lead at OCP and  Lead Consultant at Enterprise Industrial Science and Research, shares insights on his background and involvement with the Open Compute Project (OCP). Raul discusses collaborations with companies like Submer for immersion cooling technology and emphasizes the importance of partnerships in the European market for open standards and sustainability. 

He explores innovative solutions like using wood in data center infrastructure and underscores the benefits of open source hardware for sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. Raul also touches on OCP's participation in data center events across Europe to drive change through radical solutions like AI and ML, aiming to build a sustainable and open ecosystem in the European data center market.

Chapters:

0:00 Introducing Raul Alvarez

2:21 Leading the MIA Community Workgroup

2:38 Joining Submer and Forging OCP Relationship

3:55 Building Ecosystems in Europe

4:15 Importance of Open Source and Open Hardware

6:18 Addressing Immersion Cooling Challenges

7:48 Leading the EMEA Project

11:07 Addressing Regional Differences in Open Standards

16:31 Introducing Open Compute to Enterprise Markets

23:27 Sustainable Solutions in Data Centers

26:55 Innovative Timber-Based Data Center Solutions

29:28 Working with Open Infra for Open Cloud Solutions

38:24 Partnering with DCD for Outreach in Spain

41:50 Driving Change in the Data Center Industry

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