SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA
Jonmichael Hands
VP of Storage Business Development
Chia Project
Jonmichael Hands is currently serving as the VP of Storage Business Development at Chia. He partners with the storage vendors for Chia optimized product development, market modeling, and Chia blockchain integration. JM spent the last ten years at Intel in the Non-Volatile Memory Solutions group working on product line management, strategic planning, and technical marketing for the Intel data center SSDs. In addition, he served as the chair for NVM Express (NVMe), SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) SSD special interest group, and Open Compute Project for open storage hardware innovation. JM started his storage career at Sun Microsystems designing storage arrays (JBODs) and holds an electrical engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines.
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Product Circularity: Integrating Sustainability into Storage Design and Development
The rapid growth of digital data and the increasing demand for storage solutions present challenges and sustainability opportunities. This session will explore how storage developers can embrace circular economy principles to reduce the environmental impact of storage devices and address supply chain constraints.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding the Scope of Storage Emissions: Learn how Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions apply to the storage industry and the importance of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) in evaluating environmental impact.
- The Circular Drive Initiative and Data Sanitization: Explore the potential of secure data erasure and refurbished drives to extend the life of storage devices and reduce waste.
- Carbon Accounting at the Rack Level: Discover how the OCP Carbon Accounting workgroup is developing frameworks for measuring carbon emissions at the data center level.
- Emerging Technologies for Sustainability: Learn about innovative approaches like immersion cooling for storage, which can lower energy consumption and extend device life.
- Quantifying the Economic Potential of Reuse: Gain insights from market analysis on the economic viability of refurbished storage devices and the factors influencing their value.
- Technical Requirements for Reuse: Understand the key metrics that determine the suitability of storage devices for reuse, including data security, device health, and performance.
This session is ideal for storage developers, engineers, architects, and anyone interested in the intersection of storage technology, sustainability, and the circular economy.
Join us to learn how you can contribute to a greener and more sustainable future for data storage!
