OpenAI reworks storage architecture to serve 1B+ ChatGPT users

OpenAI detailed how it scaled its Habitat storage system with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching and Azure Cosmos DB, delivering 12x faster reads for ChatGPT while serving more than 1 billion users.

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