OCP Open Data Center baseline cluster size
12 MW minimum; 24 MW preferredrecommendation
| Value kind | recommendation — Recommendations are design guidance, not measured facts; validate them against the project boundary conditions. |
|---|---|
| Scope | Cluster Size Baseline in the specification's power table. The specification also requires at least four power blocks per data hall. |
| Caveat | Design targets for 2027–2028 AI/ML systems in a voluntary multi-vendor specification (AMD, Google, Meta, NVIDIA); not measured or shipping racks. |
| As of | 2026-08-27 |
| Source | Open Compute Project, Open Data Center: Next-Generation ML Infrastructure Design Principles, rev 0.7.0, effective 2026-08-27 · §5.1 Table 2, p. 8 |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-04-30 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-15 |
| Claim id | ocp-odc-cluster-size-baseline |
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