Jerrod Buterbaugh

PMTS - Data Center Thermal and Power Architecture, AMD

Jerrod Buterbaugh serves as a Principal Engineer in AMD’s Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group, where he specializes in data center power and cooling infrastructure, with a focus on high-density, liquid-cooled computing systems. Jerrod began his career in the United States Air Force as an Avionics and Electrical Technician before moving into the tech industry. He spent 15 years at IBM, developing expertise in server power systems design and data center power and cooling engineering. Following IBM, Jerrod spent 10 years at Lenovo and was instrumental in advancing cooling technologies and services, particularly in energy efficient facility design and deployment of direct liquid cooled servers. Jerrod joined AMD in 2024 and guides AMD’s data center power and cooling infrastructure strategy and supports industry initiatives around high density, liquid-cooled GPU platforms. Jerrod has 24 patents in power and cooling technology and is a member of Open Compute Project and ASHRAE TC9.9, contributing to industry standards. Jerrod holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.