At Rackspace we are a founding member of the Open Compute Foundation though we did not supply the original designs. There is a good Q&A with our lead engineer

At Rackspace we are a founding member of the Open Compute Foundation though we did not supply the original designs. There is a good Q&A with our lead engineer about how we're using it: http://www.rackspace.com/blog/qa-rackspace-open-compute-engineer-aaron-sullivan/ http://www.rackspace.com/blog/qa-rackspace-open-compute-engi... Hardware goes through longer "sprints" than software. The equivalent of "merge and compile" is "setup a new manufacturing line" so it isn't surprising to me that at less than 3 years old adoption isn't widespread.