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Fluid: How we built serverless servers
45 billion weekly requests. That's the scale Vercel's Fluid compute is now handling—with customers saving up to 95% on costs.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
Vercel's Fluid compute represents a significant shift in serverless infrastructure efficiency, reducing cold starts and idle-time billing through a 2-year infrastructure rebuild. For founders and investors, this signals a competitive move in the cost-optimization layer of cloud computing.
The key facts
6 to knowFluid compute powers 45B weekly requests
Up to 95% cost savings for customers
No CPU charges for idle time
2+ years of infrastructure development
Active CPU pricing model introduced at Vercel Ship 2025
Focus on cold-start minimization and resource efficiency
Go to the source
Vercel Blogvercel.com
Publisher excerpt: A few months ago, we announced , an approach to serverless computing that uses resources more efficiently, minimizes cold starts, and significantly reduces costs. More recently at , we introduced for even more cost-effective compute on Vercel.Fluid computeVercel Ship 2025Active CPU pricing Fluid…