The elephant in the data center is that the price/performance improvement driven by CMOS technology scaling has slowed. Manufacturing costs, power density, and thermal considerations are limiting the ability of developers to exploit the density and performance value of the next technology generation. IBM has partnered with more than 45 companies in the OpenPOWERTM Foundation to open up IBM POWER® systems and processors as a platform for innovation to overcome this problem. The OpenPOWERTM Foundation members are using the POWER8TM design, accelerators, and heterogenous computing to bring forth the next wave of performance scaling. This presentation will explore the motivation, strategy, and key technologies that are being brought to market by foundation members to meet this challenge.