Hugging Face Xet scaling to meet exabyte-scale data needs
July 6, 2026
Hugging Face is transitioning to Xet as the primary replacement for Git storage by November 2025. This infrastructure shift aims to manage the accelerating data volumes required to sustain scaling laws as model and dataset sizes grow exponentially.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou should prepare for a transition from Git-based workflows to Xet for large-scale dataset management.
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founderInfrastructure costs for data storage are projected to scale significantly as labs chase larger datasets.