# Oxide Computer Emulates an Entire Server Rack in Software

Oxide Computer has published details on "Virtual Oxide Labs," a system that emulates a complete Oxide rack so developers and testers can work against realistic hardware without owning one. The emulation aims to make rack-scale testing cheaper and faster than provisioning physical machines. It is chiefly of interest to systems and infrastructure engineers.

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### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://oxide.computer/blog/voxel-labs) — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:21:14 +0000