The Open Standard Behind Every Rack We Ship.
RackRenew is an OCP Recognized Solution Provider and Sims Lifecycle Services is a Platinum Member of the Open Compute Project Foundation since 2020. Every server we deliver is built on OCP specifications, the same open standards that power Meta, Microsoft, and the world’s largest hyperscale data centers.
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Open Infrastructure, Built for the Most Demanding Workloads on Earth
The Open Compute Project was founded in 2011 when Meta, formerly Facebook, published its data center and server designs as open-source specifications. The core idea: instead of locking best-in-class infrastructure behind proprietary designs and vendor mark-ups, share it openly, so every organization can benefit from hyperscale engineering.
Today, OCP is a global community of over 300 companies including Meta, Microsoft, Google, Intel, and AMD, collaborating on server hardware, storage, networking, and data center facility designs that are more efficient, more modular, and more sustainable than traditional OEM alternatives.
Every RackRenew server was originally designed to OCP specifications and operated inside the world’s largest hyperscale environments. When we remanufacture and redeploy these platforms, the OCP DNA remains intact, open management, open standards, no vendor lock-in.
OCP Principles
The three pillars every OCP product must deliver:
Why OCP Recognition Changes the Procurement Equation
Being listed as an OCP Recognized Solution Provider isn’t a badge on a shelf. It means every RackRenew product is verified against published open standards, and that has direct, measurable implications for your infrastructure decisions.
Five Years of Advancing Circular Infrastructure Inside OCP
This isn’t a commercial certification arrangement. RackRenew and its parent company Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) have been active contributors to the OCP community since 2020, bringing the circular economy perspective into an ecosystem historically dominated by hyperscale manufacturing and new hardware deployment.
October 2020SLS joins OCP as Platinum Member
Sims Lifecycle Services became a Platinum member of the OCP Foundation, bringing a global circular economy operator into the core OCP community. OCP CTO Bill Carter cited the urgency of extending hardware lifecycle as a carbon reduction strategy: “Recycling alone is not sufficient.”
Platinum Member
2021–2023Active community contribution & thought leadership
SLS and RackRenew contributed to OCP working groups on hardware lifecycle, circular IT, and second-life deployment standards. The goal: ensure the OCP framework explicitly supports reuse, not just new hardware manufacturing.
Thought Leadership
2024RackRenew listed as OCP Recognized Solution Provider
RackRenew was formally listed on the OCP Marketplace as a Recognized Solution Provider, the first remanufactured OCP hardware supplier to hold this status globally. Products verified and auditable through the OCP Foundation.
OCP Recognized Solution Provider
2025–2026OCP Summit exhibitor & workstream participant
RackRenew presented at the Global OCP Summit in San Jose (Oct 2025), and has booth presence confirmed at the EMEA OCP Summit in Barcelona (April 2026) and the Global OCP Summit in San Jose (Oct 2026). The circular infrastructure message is gaining traction inside the core OCP community.
OCP Summit · EMEA 2026
Official OCP Foundation Statement · October 2020
“As data centers around the world are powered by low carbon-producing energy sources, IT equipment represents a significant percentage of the overall carbon footprint. Recycling alone is not sufficient to reduce carbon released during the projection of this equipment. We must move quickly and embrace a circular economy that extends the useful life of the equipment. The Open Compute Project is already taking steps to do this. Having global partners on this journey is imperative to redistribute these assets. SLS will play a strategic role in this transformation to a circular economy and to reducing the carbon footprint of cloud computing.”
– Bill Carter, Chief Technology Officer, Open Compute Project Foundation
SLS Commercial Director · October 2020
“We believe our work with hyperscale data centers around the globe can be instrumental in advancing and improving circular efforts in the industry. As a Platinum member of OCP, our expertise will help identify opportunities to extend the usable life of IT equipment while ensuring necessary hardware and security requirements are fulfilled.”
– Sean Magann, Chief Commercial Officer, Sims Lifecycle Services
Supporting Documentation
For procurement teams, ESG officers, and technical architects who require formal verification of our OCP status and circular infrastructure credentials.
OCP Marketplace listing → Request Origin Mark documentation →
Find RackRenew on the OCP Marketplace
The OCP Marketplace is the authoritative catalog of OCP-recognized, standards-compliant infrastructure solutions. RackRenew (listed as ‘Rack Renew’ on the OCP Marketplace) is a Recognized Solution Provider, meaning every product specification, compliance status, and company credential is independently accessible to your procurement, compliance, and technical teams through the OCP Foundation.
Every Product Line, Built on OCP Standards
From compute and storage to bespoke configurations and AI infrastructure, every RackRenew product is OCP-compliant, OpenBMC-managed, and ORv2 rack-ready.
