How DS Automotion is redefining Data Center Automation – Insights from the OCP Global Summit 2025
Data center automation is rapidly emerging as a strategic success factor. Faced with growing data volumes, rising energy costs, and stringent security requirements, operators are seeking scalable, highly available, and safe automation solutions.
At the OCP Global Summit 2025 in San Jose, California, international experts discussed the next evolutionary step in data center automation.
Among them was Jay Yale, CEO of DS Automotion LLC, who illustrated how mobile robots are transforming the physical infrastructure of data centers — focusing on modularity, interoperability, and functional safety.
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The Challenge: Dynamics and Precision in Data Center Operations
Data centers are highly complex, densely packed environments where precision and process safety are critical. Traditional manual or semi-automated transport processes are reaching their limits — particularly when handling heavy, customized server racks.
“Server racks are getting larger, heavier, and more variable — traditional transport methods can no longer handle this level of complexity,” explained Jay Yale.
The Technological Solution: A Modular Platform with Open System Architecture
The Amadeus Rack model and other mobile robots developed by DS Automotion enable the precise transport of server racks of varying dimensions and weights, with maximum repeatability and safety. A key feature is the sophisticated chassis design, incorporating multi-axis steering, redundant drive systems, and integrated safety circuits to ensure maximum maneuverability and operational reliability.
Each vehicle features a multi-layer sensor suite — including LiDAR, 3D cameras, and ultrasonic sensors — providing accurate environmental perception and real-time adaptation to changing conditions.
Combined with DS Automotion’s proprietary vehicle control software ARCOS and fleet management system NAVIOS, this creates a fully integrated automation ecosystem with high system availability and optimized path planning.
All DS Automotion systems comply with international standards such as UL, CE, and the VDA 5050 interface, which ensures cross-manufacturer interoperability between AGV and AMR systems.
This enables operators to manage heterogeneous robot fleets through a single supervisory control platform — a crucial step toward open automation architectures.
“Only when systems communicate with each other can data centers operate efficiently, safely, and sustainably.”
Open, AI-Based Robotics as the Foundation of Data Center Automation
Jay Yale’s insights at the OCP Global Summit 2025 make one thing clear: the future of data center logistics is autonomous, standardized, and data-driven.
Through its modular platform strategy and strict adherence to international standards, DS Automotion positions itself as a technology leader in building a connected, interoperable automation landscape.
With this philosophy, DS Automotion delivers not only autonomous transport vehicles but a comprehensive, scalable concept for the automated infrastructure of tomorrow — precise, intelligent, and reliable.