GKE’s now flexes with a colossal 65,000-node cluster—a boon for AI workloads that feast on mega infrastructure. Building on their 50,000+ TPU cluster saga, GKE tackles AI workload quirks like resource juggling and node chatter. In CPU stress tests, they whipped up 65,000 StatefulSet Pods, flaunting speedy scheduling even when pinched. Image pull tweaks cut startup drag from 12 minutes to a neat 2.5.
