In computing, hyperscale is the ability of an

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to scale appropriately as increased demand is added to the system. This typically involves the ability to seamlessly provide and add compute, memory, networking, and storage resources to a given node or set of nodes that make up a larger

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distributed computing A distributed system is a system whose components are located on different networked computers, which communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages to one another from any system. Distributed computing is a field of computer sci ...

, or

grid computing Grid computing is the use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal. A computing grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve many files. Grid computing is distinguished from ...

environment. Hyperscale computing is necessary in order to build a robust and scalable

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, big data, map reduce, or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run large distributed sites such as

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, HUAWEI CLOUD, IBM Cloud or

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. Companies like

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, AMD, and

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provide hyperscale infrastructure kits for IT service providers. Companies like Scaleway,

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, Alibaba, HUAWEI, IBM, QTS, Digital Realty Trust, Equinix,

, Facebook,

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and

build data centers for hyperscale computing. Such companies are sometimes called "hyperscalers."

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