LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year
Despite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.
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Unlike many other big tech platforms, LinkedIn has decided against aggressive spending on expanding its AI data centers this fiscal year. Instead of increasing investment in GPUs and expanding its compute and storage resources, the professional social network plans to keep these investments steady and flat. This approach contrasts with the broader AI boom occurring across the technology industry. LinkedIn is challenging its engineers to maximize efficiency by making better use of existing computing resources rather than purchasing new hardware.
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