Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users
Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.
By Dillip Chowdary • Sep 29, 2026 • Source: OpenAI News (priority filter)
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OpenAI News (priority filter) reports: Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users. Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.
Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over: why it matters now
For primary quotes and complete technical detail, see OpenAI News (priority filter)'s original report linked above.
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