VSD Research
Federated learning
Distributed LLM pretraining during renewable curtailment windows: a feasibility study
This technical report presents a system that performs full-parameter LLM training across geo-distributed GPU clusters during regional curtailment windows, elastically switching between local single-site training and federated multi-site synchronization as sites become available or unavailable.
Curtailment-aware scheduling preserves training quality while reducing operational emissions to 5-12% of single-site baselines.



