The Linux Foundation announced that the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OpenInfra) has signaled its intent to join as a member foundation, following unanimous approval from both the OpenInfra and Linux Foundation boards. Together, the Linux Foundation and the OpenInfra Foundation will unite their growing, vibrant, global ecosystems to empower users and developers with trusted open source solutions.
Both foundations already work closely together through the Open Infrastructure Blueprint, an integration for the most active and impactful open source projects in the world: Linux, OpenStack, and Kubernetes. Through the blueprint, critical workloads for hundreds of organizations worldwide are supported, creating unprecedented opportunities to ensure these technologies – and the ecosystems behind them – grow together to outpace proprietary tooling in the face of evolving infrastructure requirements. OpenInfra’s home at the Linux Foundation will also accelerate data center modernization through collaboration with other critical open source projects like Linux, Kubernetes, and PyTorch.
“The data center infrastructure market is undergoing a fundamental reinvention, driven by the colossal demands of AI as well as virtualization migration and digital sovereignty,” said Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenInfra Foundation. “The OpenInfra Foundation is already closely aligned with many of the projects housed at the Linux Foundation that are supporting this reinvention, and the timing is perfect to combine resources and build upon our organizations’ work in driving this trillion-dollar market. Together with the Linux Foundation, we can work more closely and collaborate to develop, deploy and shape a future where open source continues to win.”
Artificial intelligence (AI) and data center evolution, combined with geopolitical factors, have created a surge in demand for open source projects. Open source software continues to accelerate innovation of which value moves up the stack, flowing to providers that deliver the best in developer and consumer experiences. Open source has unleashed almost 9 trillion dollars in economic value creation, according to Harvard researchers.
“We are thrilled to welcome the OpenInfra Foundation to the Linux Foundation,” said Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of the Linux Foundation. “Our rich history of partnership and closely linked communities will propel us in our shared mission to advocate for and advance the power and promise of open source.”
Pending completion of the process, the OpenInfra Foundation will operate within the Linux Foundation. As it supports its open source infrastructure projects, the OpenInfra Foundation will continue to function as it currently does regarding board positions, project governance, budget, memberships and its community-centric approach guided by the principles of The Four Opens.
