OpenAI says it has expanded its storage infrastructure to support more than 1 billion ChatGPT users and handle 22 million requests per second, according to a company blog post published Sept. 11, 2026.

The post details the evolution of Habitat, which began as a Python library and was developed into a globally distributed storage platform. OpenAI said the system was designed to meet the growing scale and performance demands of its ChatGPT services.

The announcement is part one of a series describing the infrastructure changes behind OpenAI’s expansion. The company did not provide additional details in the email about the platform’s architecture or future storage plans.