- Open19 Foundation, a new data center non-profit co-founded by Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD), has launched with the first project expected in Q4. The Foundation builds on LinkedIn’s Open19 project, which was announced last summer.
- The foundation will create data center hardware solutions that allow for a customized build using multiple suppliers that are financially and physically practical for even smaller companies.
- Open19’s platform consists of a brick cage, power shelf, and network switch as the main elements with the cage supporting four different types of bricks that contain servers and storage. The open-source design allows for the use of multiple suppliers in building a customized platform.
- Founding partners include GE Digital (NYSE:GE) , HP Digital (NYSE:HPE) , and Vapor IO.
- The Open19 project will compete with Facebook’s (NASDAQ:FB) Open Compute Project.
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