OpenStack is at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 in Yokohama! A big thank you to the Japan OpenInfra User Group for volunteering. Visit us at Booth SU7.
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What should we call the next OpenStack release? Voting is open for the 2027.1 "I" release name and we want to hear from you. Poll closes July 6 at 11:59pm PT.
Cast your vote: https://lists.openstack.org/archives/list/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org/thread/NL3364WME3LMUIJA5NXXJOXOAGP6SDSB/
OpenStack will be at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan, July 29-30 in Yokohama. If you're attending, visit us at Booth SU7.
Register and use this code for 20% off a Corporate ticket: KCNA26OIFST
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/register/
SNCF, the largest railway operator in France that operate serves 5 million passengers across 15,000 trains daily, enabled their strategic autonomy with the OpenInfra Blueprint. They built a private cloud with #OpenStack, Kubernetes and more #opensource components.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEcTzLdjmJA&list=PLj6h78yzYM2MXCOWSN9CqqID6OOvF7wxL&index=19
Keynote: Keeping Sovereignty on Track: Kubernetes Powering a Nationa... Thomas Comtet & Yann Rotilio
Heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan? Stop by the OpenStack booth. We will be at Booth SU7, July 28-30 in Yokohama.
Register here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/register/
We are at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India! A big thank you to Ajith Narayanan for volunteering at the booth. Come find us at Booth SU4 and say hello!
#OpenStack #KubeCon #WeAreOpenInfra
OpenStack 2026.1 'Gazpacho' is here, continuing the momentum behind one of the world’s most widely deployed open source cloud platforms.
As the annual SLURP release, Gazpacho reflects a global community coming together to deliver a more cohesive, performant platform for modern workloads.
Explore what’s new: https://www.openstack.org/software/openstack-gazpacho/
Running OpenStack? The 2026 User Survey is open through August 28.
Share how you are using OpenStack and help the community understand what matters most to operators. A few minutes of your time helps shape the direction of the project.
How LY who hosts services like the LINE messaging app and Yahoo! Japan future proof a cloud that hosts services for 300 million monthly users? By going upstream first.
“In the legacy cloud, too many custom modifications to OpenStack made upgrades difficult,” according to Ryuutarou Inoue, the head of LY’s Cloud Infrastructure Unit. “Flava adopts an architecture that stays aligned with upstream OpenStack."
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/07/ly_corp_openstack_consolidation/
Two new whitepapers on digital sovereignty have been published by the OpenInfra Foundation (@OpenInfra@social.openinfra.dev), including one that takes a detailed look at how OpenStack compares to proprietary cloud platforms.
Read the full whitepapers:
https://openinfra.org/best-practices-with-openinfra-for-digital-sovereignty
https://openinfra.org/openstack-vs-proprietary-clouds-a-digital-sovereignty-comparison-guide
Five of StackHPC's OpenStack-powered supercomputers customers appeared in the TOP500 list at ISC 2026. Check out this recap from StackHPC on other news from Hamburg, including new AI storage integrations in the OpenStack ecosystem and growing demand for open governance in European HPC.
@tcarrez@fosstodon.org, General Manager of @OpenInfra@social.openinfra.dev, and Mohammed Nasser, CEO of VEXXHOST, joined De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast to talk about the growing demand for digital sovereignty and infrastructure control.
They break down why OpenStack and Kubernetes are complementary technologies in production, running behind the scenes to handle hardware abstraction, bare-metal provisioning with Ironic, and secure workloads.
Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_IDLa7xgjM
Episode 135: The Return of OpenStack: Kubernetes & Sovereign Infrastructure
@OpenInfra@social.openinfra.dev Silver Member KT Cloud built a CSAP-certified public cloud for South Korean government institutions on OpenStack, running VMs and containers in one environment with multi-region DR and AI infrastructure on the same platform.
Digital sovereignty depends on more than avoiding vendor lock-in.
It requires open infrastructure, operational expertise, and long-term control over critical systems.
Why “invisible labor” matters:
https://superuser.openinfra.org/articles/the-anti-monopoly-architecture-why-digital-sovereignty-depends-on-invisible-labor/
RE: https://social.openinfra.dev/@OpenInfra/116838237779618984
Alternatives to proprietary virtualization, AI infrastructure, digital sovereignty: OpenStack was the center of the conversation. Great time at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India.
Thierry Carrez (@tcarrez@fosstodon.org), General Manager of @OpenInfra@social.openinfra.dev, joined the De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast to discuss the return of OpenStack and how it complements Kubernetes.
Missed it? Watch the full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_IDLa7xgjM
Episode 135: The Return of OpenStack: Kubernetes & Sovereign Infrastructure
Great Day 1 at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth. Spotted: Seshu Kumar Mudiganti from Wind River chatting with the community.
Missed us? Find us tomorrow at Booth SU4!
Have you filled out the 2026 OpenStack User Survey yet?
The deadline to be included in the analysis is August 28. Your deployment details and feedback help shape roadmap priorities and show the community how OpenStack is being used in the real world.
NTT DOCOMO is advancing telecom infrastructure with OpenStack Tacker
From container-based VNFs for vRAN & 5GC to a future-ready Telco Cloud, this work shows how operators are evolving toward automation, AI-driven ops, and 6G readiness.
https://superuser.openinfra.org/articles/ongoing-development-and-next-steps-for-docomo-and-tacker/
Heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India next month? 🇮🇳
Come say hi to the #OpenStack and @StarlingX@social.openinfra.dev communities! Our booth is located right across from the project pavilion.
Stop by to chat about open source cloud infrastructure, bare metal, and how we complement the #CloudNative ecosystem. See you there!
This talk from SAP at Open Sovereign Cloud Day highlights how Kubernetes and OpenStack can complement each other, combining #cloudnative orchestration with proven infrastructure services for compute, networking, and storage.
#Opensource collaboration continues to shape the future of scalable infrastructure.
Watch the session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1xavVMWjhc
Bridging CNCF and OpenInfra: Kubernetes as the Unified Control Plane for Sovereig... Michael Schmidt
In an era where digital privacy, security & interoperability are paramount, United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) introduces UNIQCloud: a sovereign #OpenStack deployment meticulously engineered to meet the operational demands of the United Nations.
This discussion shows into how UNIQCloud embodies the core principles of #opensource innovation, vendor independence & secure domain-based architectures to support critical work of the United Nations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCwTRXBqI0&list=PLKqaoAnDyfgr91wN_12nwY321504Ctw1s&index=51
If you're running #OpenStack, please take a few moments to complete the #OpenStack User Survey. By sharing information about your configuration and requirements, you can directly help shape the future of the software.
#OpenSovereignCloudDay Europe, 23 March in Amsterdam is a great event to discuss how #OpenInfra technologies, in particular #OpenStack, can be used to achieve digital sovereignty.
Register now: https://bit.ly/41rO7JB
The Call for Proposals and registration are now open for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit Asia + PyTorch Conference China 2026, taking place 8-9 September in Shanghai!
Gather with the developers, architects, maintainers, researchers, and enterprise leaders behind #opensouce projects #OpenStack, Kubernetes, PyTorch and more to exchange ideas, share production lessons, and shape the future.
https://www.lfopensource.cn/kubecon-cloudnativecon-openinfra-summit-pytorch-conference-china/
Check out this practical guide to deploying shared file systems in #OpenStack using Manila, with a focus on security best practices and Terraform-based automation.
Learn how to provision and manage shared storage for cloud workloads while maintaining strong access controls and reproducible infrastructure workflows. From configuring Manila to integrating Terraform, this walkthrough shows how to build scalable, secure file-sharing services in your OpenStack cloud.
Check out this technical deep dive from SAP SE into CobaltCore, a #Kubernetes enabled #OpenStack distribution that bridges the CNCF and OpenInfra ecosystems at Open Sovereign Cloud Day, March 23 in Amsterdam
How is #NTTDOCOMO transforming its mobile network with #NFV & #OpenStack?
Discover the benefits from cost savings to faster deployment and the real-world challenges of scaling virtualization across core & RAN
https://superuser.openinfra.org/articles/docomos-journey-of-virtualization-for-mobile-networks/
In 2025, the #OpenInfra community celebrated #OpenStack’s 15th birthday, a milestone marking a decade and a half of production maturity and innovation, particularly well-timed with a renewed interest in OpenStack.
Before we start 2026, check out the OpenStack community highlights from 2025: https://openinfra.org/annual-report/2025
2025 #OpenStack Community Highlight: Real-world impact was further demonstrated through new case studies including NUBO, BT Group, Sicredi, FPT Group, Walmart, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Indiana University, Cleura, and more.
These contribute to the global 55 million core footprint while showing OpenStack’s impact for #digitalsovereignty, improvement in upgrades, ability to manage #AI workloads, and scalability in production environments.
Vietnam’s cloud infrastructure is reaching a turning point.
In this case study, high-performance #OpenStack deployments show that infrastructure is no longer the bottleneck, it’s becoming the accelerator. From optimized GPU usage to scalable AI workloads, organizations are unlocking new levels of performance and efficiency.
This is what happens when open infrastructure matures: faster innovation, lower latency, and the flexibility to meet real-world demand at scale.
Mayflower serves more than 500 million monthly active users, and OpenStack is at the core of the infrastructure that makes it possible. They share how they built a hybrid private cloud AI factory on OpenStack.
https://superuser.openinfra.org/articles/mayflower-a-hybrid-private-cloud-as-an-ai-factory/
#OpenStack, a core project of @OpenInfra@social.openinfra.dev, plays a key role in enabling flexible, production-ready compute for evolving media workloads as can be seen by BBC R&D, an OpenStack user and upstream contributor
#OpenStack continues to be a core technology for telecom infrastructure.
In its latest network transformation milestone, Telefónica is leveraging Red Hat OpenStack Platform alongside Red Hat OpenShift to modernize network and IT workloads.
With support from Red Hat, Telefónica Spain is building a platform that supports both virtualized network functions (VNFs) running on OpenStack and #cloudnative network functions (CNFs) running on Kubernetes
DOCOMO succeeded in virtualizing 100% of its core network that accommodate all mobile network service for 4G and 5G using OpenStack in 2025. Learn how DOCOMO leverages OpenStack, especially Tacker.
https://superuser.openinfra.org/articles/ntt-docomos-tacker-activity/
The OpenStack community has voted and the name for the 2027.1 release is official: Indri.
You have 2 OpenInfra Live opportunities to learn more about the features coming this week in OpenStack 2026.1 'Gazpacho': April 2 Gazpacho Overview & April 9 Ironic Deep Dive, both at 1400 UTC
Have you taken the 2026 OpenStack User Survey yet? Share how you are using OpenStack and help the community understand what matters most. The survey closes August 28.
All responses are confidential. It takes just a few minutes and goes directly toward helping the Technical Committee advocate on your behalf.
Take the survey: https://www.openstack.org/user-survey/survey-2026/
OpenStack elections are coming up. TC and PTL nominations open August 5 and close August 19. Eligible contributors can submit nominations August 5-19.
See the full election schedule: https://governance.openstack.org/election/
If you are attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference China 2026 this September, make sure to add this talk to your schedule.
This session explores how Cluster API can be used to provision and manage specialized GPU, networking, and storage clusters while dynamically rebalancing resources across large OpenStack environments.
Session details: https://www.lfopensource.cn/kubecon-cloudnativecon-openinfra-summit-pytorch-conference-china/program/schedule/?id=1224992
Read the full blog for more OpenStack sessions: https://www.openstack.org/blog/open-source-for-the-ai-era-openstack-sessions-you-cant-miss-at-kubecon-cloudnativecon-openinfra-summit-pytorch-conference-china-2026/
Significant gains made in features to support VMware migration to #OpenStack as well as strengthening the #opensource infra for AI workloads.
Check out some of the technical highlights from @TechJournalist@mastodon.social in Network World
In this case study from KINiT, we see what it actually takes to stand up a sovereign AI cloud: open infrastructure that keeps data, models, and compute under local control while still enabling cutting-edge AI development.
As organizations and governments push for digital sovereignty, the architecture matters. Sovereign AI clouds combine in-country infrastructure, localized model hosting, and governance layers to ensure sensitive workloads stay compliant and secure.
https://superuser.openinfra.org/articles/the-kinit-case-study-sovereign-ai-cloud/
2025 #OpenStack Community Highlight: As organizations seek alternatives to proprietary virtualization platforms and scalable infrastructure for AI, #OpenStack emerged as a strategic choice, supported by new releases, expanding community investment, and continued technical evolution.
The community delivered the OpenStack for #AI white paper, which demonstrated how OpenStack provides a cost-effective, interoperable platform for modern AI workloads.
OpenStack will be at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference China. Check out what's on the schedule: secure AI sandboxing with Zun and Kata Containers, Cluster API for GPU infrastructure, Viettel's migration off proprietary virtualization, bare metal with Ironic, and more.
The poll to name the OpenStack 2026.2 release is now open!
Community members can help decide what the next release will be called. This long-standing OpenStack tradition celebrates collaboration and creativity within the global open infrastructure community.
Cast your vote before Thursday, Jan 8 at 17:00 UTC:
https://civs1.civs.us/cgi-bin/vote.pl?id=E_e4708c67d8d7e171&akey=e3b1514078ca9588