2023 Innovation Challenge Winners Announced!
2023 Winners
Most Disruptive Technology
ECL, a data center solution company in the United States that is fully sustainable with zero impact on the environment.
Best Chance for Market Success
ECL, a data center solution company in the United States that is fully sustainable with zero impact on the environment.
Best Ability to Gain Additional Capital
Neu.ro, provides management and automation of the infrastructure and processes for successful ML development at scale.
Most Influential Founding Team
Ventana Micro Systems, revolutionizes the processor market by offering high-performance, extensible and secure compute chiplets based on RISC-V's open architecture.
We thank all Innovation Challenge participants for their great presentations and effort. Additional finalists included:
- Net-Zero Edge (NZE), driving innovation in the data center industry by harnessing the power of the ocean to create sustainable, scalable, and secure solutions for a data-driven world.
- DHK Storage, Inc., dba ChiliRack, precision air cooling for data centers, provides vastly superior server cooling and big cooling cost savings, delivering cold air directly into the rack.
The finalists presented a ten minute “elevator pitch” on the Data Center Live Stage and answered questions from the judges.
The Data Center Innovation Challenge was judged by a panel of industry thought leaders representing the market research firm Omdia, the investment community, and a former Innovation Challenge winner. The judges included:
- Moises Levy, Senior Principal Analyst, Omdia
- Mark Litke, Chief Commercial Officer with Cumulus Digital Systems,
- Don Anderson, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group