Hugging Face Xet Replaces Git as Default Storage
_akhaliq · x · 2026-07-07
Hugging Face co-founder Clément Delangue shared data showing that AI developers are storing massive amounts of data on HF's Xet. Around November 2025, Xet fully replaced the previous git-based storage method, becoming the platform's default data storage solution. This reflects the explosive growth in the scale of model and dataset storage in the AI era.
More from Infra
- WSJ: Nvidia is in talks to backstop about $250 billion of OpenAI's data center plan — KateClarkTweets · 2026-07-27
- YC talk on BCI x AI says infrastructure is what really determines speed — garrytan · 2026-07-27
- A 13B model ran on a no-GPU PC by paging weights from SSD via llama.cpp — ID_R_McGregor · 2026-07-27
- llama.cpp warns that GGUFs made before a recent change must be regenerated — EconomySerious · 2026-07-27
- RTX 5090 local tests show Qwen Q6 can drop to 15 tok/s at 80k context — LFAdvice7984 · 2026-07-27
- Surprising Ubuntu Setup: NVIDIA 5090 PC Becomes the Easiest AI Rig — _xjdr · 2026-07-27