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GitHub saw 7.4B commits in September, adding 4M CPU cores and 160 PB of storage to keep up
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Key Points:
- GitHub has experienced explosive growth in usage, with monthly commits rising from 1.4 billion in April to 7.4 billion recently, driven largely by increased "agentic demand."
- To support this surge, GitHub has added 4 million CPU cores, 160 petabytes of high-speed storage, and 50 Tb/s of network capacity this year, significantly expanding its infrastructure.
- The company is rearchitecting its platform to separate compute and storage, aiming to improve performance with up to 35 times higher write throughput based on internal benchmarks.
- This architectural shift reflects GitHub's move away from legacy systems and reliance on Microsoft Azure's cloud services, as its own data centers reached capacity.
- Despite the growth challenges causing some outages, GitHub emphasizes that scaling capacity alone is insufficient, necessitating fundamental changes to its platform design.
