--- title: 'OpenPOWER Foundation: Continuing the Datacenter Revolution' description: Today, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted my nomination to be the new Chair of the OpenPOWER Foundation. OpenPOWER represents a gigantic leap forward in revolutionizing the datacenter through open hardware and open software like Linux. Through open source we innovate, collaborate, and scale, and my increasing role within OpenPO […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/openpower-foundation-continuing-the-datacenter-revolution?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [John Zannos](https://canonical.com/blog/author/john-zannos "More about John Zannos") 5 January 2016 # OpenPOWER Foundation: Continuing the Datacenter Revolution [OpenPower](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openpower) --- Share the article ## ## Today, I am pleased to announce that I have accepted my nomination to be the new Chair of the OpenPOWER Foundation. OpenPOWER represents a gigantic leap forward in revolutionizing the datacenter through open hardware and open software like Linux. Through open source we innovate, collaborate, and scale, and my increasing role within OpenPOWER allows me to bring the knowledge and experience of working with Canonical’s dedicated open source purists and community to this new arena. I’m very excited about what 2016 has to offer for OpenPOWER, and to get greater detail on our plans and how you can get involved, read my joint blog post with new OpenPOWER President Calista Redmond, on the official [OpenPOWER Foundation blog](http://openpowerfoundation.org/blogs/continuing-the-datacenter-revolution/). Yours, John Zannos, VP Cloud Alliances, Canonical [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Redefining the Developer Event](https://canonical.com/blog/redefining-the-developer-event) By Randall Ross, Ubuntu Evangelist We’ve all been to “those other” developer events: Sitting in a room watching a succession of never-ending slide presentations. Engagement... [Alexia Emmanoulopoulou](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexia-emman) 24 May 2017 [### Hacking Through Machine Learning at the OpenPOWER Developer Congress](https://canonical.com/blog/hacking-through-machine-learning-at-the-openpower-developer-congress) By Sumit Gupta, Vice President, IBM Cognitive Systems 10 years ago, every CEO leaned over to his or her CIO and CTO and said, “we got to figure out big data.” Five years ago,... [Alexia Emmanoulopoulou](https://canonical.com/blog/author/alexia-emman) 23 May 2017 [### Cognitive computing, Ubuntu and POWER8](https://canonical.com/blog/cognitive-computing-ubuntu-and-power8) Create a competitive advantage with cognitive computing, and see how IBM has brought back innovation with the OpenPOWER foundation. Last week we attended IBM InterConnect 2016,... [Ellen Arnold](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ellenjanearnold) 2 March 2016 [### Ubuntu with IBM Power Systems LC models for big data](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-with-ibm-power-systems-lc-models-for-big-data) Juju makes it easy to model and deploy Spark and other analytics solution bundles IBM has extended its range of Ubuntu supported systems with today’s announcement of the Power... [John Dolen](https://canonical.com/blog/author/john-dolen) 8 October 2015