the world's smallest data center

in the heart of san francisco, you can find the world's smallest data center.

as machine learning models grow, data centers expand to keep up —
but bigger isn’t always better.

our in-house localized data center reduces latency, enabling real-time processing and direct control. we're proving that the right setup even at a small scale can achieve powerful AI performance without a massive footprint.

about lil data center

the world's smallest data center was started to power Roboflow's testing and benchmarking infrastructure.

while small, our data center runs over 1,000 test jobs per week for open source projects.

lil data center runs:

Device Type: Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano (Seeed)
Status:
Online
Running: Benchmark Tests
Device Type: Raspberry Pi 5
Status:
Online
Running: Benchmark Tests
Device Type: Mac Mini M4
Status:
Online
Running: Benchmark Tests
Device Type: Signed Jensen RTX 4080
Status:
Online
Running: Benchmarking Tests

recent tests

these pull requests are for to open source inference repository, which runs tests and benchmarks via the lil data center. this includes benchmarking SOTA models like PaliGemma, Florence-2, OwlV2, and many more. see all supported models

Build the full accelerated JetPack 7.2 inference server
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Add Rich Label visualization block and Label v2 with adaptive text sizing
Feat/new model manager
ENT-1544 A3: Sanitize source references at inference pipeline boundary
ENT-1544 B2: GStreamer RTSPS with CA bundle and TLS validation flags

models benchmarked @ lil data center

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Tours available on request

166 Geary Street

San Francisco, CA 94108

United States