Highlights of the 2022 ODCC Summit: Green Low‑Carbon Data Center Innovations and Technical Standards

The 2022 Open Data Center Committee (ODCC) annual summit opened on September 5 in Beijing with the theme “Enjoy Computing, Embrace a Low‑Carbon Future,” announcing 55 innovative results and awarding 5 major forums and 6 presentations.

During the opening ceremony, ODCC Executive Chair Gao Shanyuan highlighted progress in servers, data‑center facilities, networking, edge computing, testing, intelligent monitoring, management, and security.

Key achievements included the release of the "Data Center Operations Robot Technology Whitepaper," which details robot architecture, core functions, maintenance, and use cases for both new and existing data‑centers.

In the New Technology forum, a new industry standard for single‑phase immersion liquid‑cooling was presented, outlining critical parameters for dielectric cooling fluids to support large‑scale liquid‑cooling deployment.

The Server forum introduced the OSSP (Open Server Standardization Project) motherboard specification V0.7, defining electrical, structural, thermal, and interconnect standards, and the Fangsheng Cloud‑Card specification 1.0, enabling PCIe‑5.0/6.0 high‑speed interconnects without additional retimers.

Alibaba Cloud showcased a "Smart Green Data Center" practice, describing a four‑capability system (perceivable, decision‑making, executable, observable) and modular, standardized architecture for energy‑efficient operations.

Intelligent operations were illustrated through a three‑layer IDC platform covering planning, delivery, and lifecycle management, as well as AI‑driven monitoring, root‑cause analysis, and digital‑twin technologies.

Network experts presented high‑performance networking advances, including the HPCC/vFabric‑based Solar‑RDMA protocol, the Network Unified Service Architecture (NUSA) platform, and a P4 hyper‑converged gateway whitepaper co‑authored with major cloud providers.

The summit emphasized the strategic shift toward green, efficient, and scientifically managed computing infrastructure to support China’s digital economy and carbon‑neutral goals.