Open Compute Project, Telecom Giants Form OCP Telco Project

The Open Compute Project, which was founded by Facebook in 2011 to focus on technology for data centers, is taking aim at telecommunications.

The Open Compute Project, which was founded by Facebook in 2011 to focus on technology for data centers, is taking aim at telecommunications.

Open Compute Project president and chairman and Facebook vice president of infrastructure Jason Taylor announced in a blog post that AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, EE, SK Telecom, Verizon Communications, Equinix and Nexius have joined the organization and helped launch the OCP Telco Project.

Taylor said the three main goals of the OCP Telco Project are:

  • Communicating telco technical requirements effectively to the OCP community.
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