Marvin Wheeler, Terremark CEO and Open Data Center Alliance chairman and secretary, taken from the ODCA introductory video. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Intel and several other large IT end-users announced on Wednesday they have formed the Open Data Center Alliance ( www.opendatacenteralliance.org ), a new industry group that seeks to “resolve key IT challenges and fulfill cloud infrastructure needs into the future by creating an open, vendor-agnostic Usage Model Roadmap.” As the technical advisor for the organization, Intel will which has an initial membership comprised of 70 companies. The group is led by a steering committee composed of BMW, China Life, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, National Australia Bank, Shell, Terremark and UBS.