GitHub adds four million CPU cores and 160PB of storage as AI-generated code surges

Summary

GitHub is adding about four million extra CPU cores and 160 petabytes of storage to its datacenters to handle a surge in AI-generated code. Tom's Hardware reports, citing a GitHub report, that agentic AI drove a sixfold year-on-year increase in new code on the platform, and that this influx required the added compute and storage. The Register reports that GitHub is also re-architecting its site so the service does not go down under the extra load.

Timeline

1. The Register

   28 Oct 2026, 16:30 UTCSource ↗

   The Register reports that GitHub is powering up four million extra cores to keep its service from going down, and is re-architecting its site to cope with a flood of AI-generated code.

2. Tom's Hardware

   29 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTCSource ↗

   Tom's Hardware reports that a GitHub report says agentic AI caused a sixfold year-on-year influx of new code, which led the company to add 4 million CPU cores and 160PB of storage to its datacenters.