Towards Decentralized and Sustainable Foundation Model Training with the Edge

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Main Authors: Xue, Leyang, Madhyastha, Meghana, Burns, Randal, Lee, Myungjin, Marina, Mahesh K.
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Published: 2025
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author Xue, Leyang
Madhyastha, Meghana
Burns, Randal
Lee, Myungjin
Marina, Mahesh K.
author_facet Xue, Leyang
Madhyastha, Meghana
Burns, Randal
Lee, Myungjin
Marina, Mahesh K.
contents Foundation models are at the forefront of AI research, appealing for their ability to learn from vast datasets and cater to diverse tasks. Yet, their significant computational demands raise issues of environmental impact and the risk of centralized control in their development. We put forward a vision towards decentralized and sustainable foundation model training that leverages the collective compute of sparingly used connected edge AI devices. We present the rationale behind our vision, particularly in support of its sustainability benefit. We further outline a set of challenges that need to be addressed to turn this vision into reality.
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spellingShingle Towards Decentralized and Sustainable Foundation Model Training with the Edge
Xue, Leyang
Madhyastha, Meghana
Burns, Randal
Lee, Myungjin
Marina, Mahesh K.
Machine Learning
Foundation models are at the forefront of AI research, appealing for their ability to learn from vast datasets and cater to diverse tasks. Yet, their significant computational demands raise issues of environmental impact and the risk of centralized control in their development. We put forward a vision towards decentralized and sustainable foundation model training that leverages the collective compute of sparingly used connected edge AI devices. We present the rationale behind our vision, particularly in support of its sustainability benefit. We further outline a set of challenges that need to be addressed to turn this vision into reality.
title Towards Decentralized and Sustainable Foundation Model Training with the Edge
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01803