Facebook announces next-generation Open Rack frame

This post announces the next-generation Open Rack frame, a collaborative initiative with Microsoft and the Open Compute Project (OCP) community. It details the goals of enabling greater sharing, providing a flexible frame and power infrastructure, supporting advanced thermal solutions (liquid cooling, door-based heat exchangers), and developing scalable power and battery backup solutions. The post highlights the increasing power density driven by AI and ML, the advantages of 48V power delivery over 12V, and the community's development of direct contact liquid loops, door-based heat exchangers, and fully immersed systems. The frame specification is released for community review, with prototypes planned for later in the year.