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Our container platform is in production. It has GPUs. Here’s an early look

What's this blog post about?

Cloudflare has developed a platform for running containers across its network, which is already being used in production for Workers AI, Workers Builds, Remote Browsing Isolation, and the Browser Rendering API. The company built this platform from scratch to handle global scheduling, GPU support, and other features that are essential for efficient container management. By leveraging Cloudflare's network of over 330 locations worldwide, developers can run their applications closer to users, reducing latency and improving performance. The platform also allows teams to use otherwise idle "off-peak" compute resources for tasks such as Workers CI/CD builds. As more engineering teams rely on the containers platform in production, Cloudflare plans to integrate it more deeply with its Workers service, allowing developers to leverage both technologies together seamlessly.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Sept. 27, 2024

Author(s)
Brendan Irvine-Broque, Thomas Lefebvre, Mike Nomitch

Word count
4082

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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