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AMD embraces Meta-backed Open Rack Wide form factor with new MI450-powered Helios racks - Oracle is the first big client with a 50,000 GPU commitment, with more to come


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  • Meta’s ORW design sets a new direction for data center openness
  • AMD pushes silicon-to-rack openness, though industry neutrality remains uncertain
  • Liquid cooling and Ethernet fabric highlight the system’s serviceability focus

At the recent 2025 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose, AMD presented its “Helios” rack-scale platform, built on Meta’s newly introduced Open Rack Wide (ORW) standard.

The design was described as an open, double-wide framework that aims to improve power efficiency, cooling, and serviceability for artificial intelligence systems.

AMD positions “Helios” as a major step toward open and interoperable data center infrastructure, but how much this openness translates into practical industry-wide adoption remains to be seen.

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