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The '''Open Compute Project''' initiative was announced in April 2011 by [[Facebook]] to openly share designs of [[data center]] products.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Facebook Shatters the Computer Server Into Tiny Pieces |date= January 16, 2013 |author= Cade Metz |work= Wired |url= http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/facebook-server-pieces/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/building-efficient-data-centers-with-the-open-compute-project/10150144039563920 Building Efficient Data Centers with the Open Compute Project], by Jonathan Heiliger, April 7, 2011, Facebook Engineering's notes</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/04/14/will-open-compute-alter-the-data-center-market/|title=Will Open Compute Alter the Data Center Market}}</ref>

The effort came out of a redesign of Facebook's data center in [[Prineville, Oregon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/building-efficient-data-centers-with-the-open-compute-project/10150144039563920 |title= Building Efficient Data Centers with the Open Compute Project |author= Jonathan Heiliger |date= April 7, 2011 |work= Facebook Engineering's notes |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref>

The leader of the effort is Frank Frankovsky. After two years, it was admitted that "the new design is still a long way from live data centers."<ref>{{Cite news |title= Facebook Shatters the Computer Server Into Tiny Pieces |date= January 16, 2013 |author= Cade Metz |work= Wired |url= http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/facebook-server-pieces/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref>

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* [http://opencompute.org/ Open Compute Project website]

* [http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/Abstracts/120215.html Facebook's Open Compute Project] - technical talk by Facebook engineer Amir Michael at [[Stanford University]] ([http://ee380.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/videologger.php?target=120215-ee380-300.asx video archive])

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