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Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users

OpenAI Efficiency & Systems 2026-09-11

TL;DR - OpenAI describes how Habitat evolved from a Python library into a globally distributed online storage platform supporting ChatGPT at billion-user scale. The system reportedly handles 22 million requests per second, highlighting the infrastructure demands of large-scale AI products.

Habitat transitioned from a local software library to globally distributed storage infrastructure.
The platform is designed to serve more than 1 billion ChatGPT users.
OpenAI reports throughput of 22 million requests per second.
The provided excerpt does not include architectural details or performance methodology.

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