- **Use `hf_transfer`**: this is a Rust-based [library](https://github.com/huggingface/hf_transfer) meant to speed up uploads on machines with very high bandwidth. To use `hf_transfer`:
1. Specify the `hf_transfer` extra when installing `huggingface_hub`
(i.e., `pip install huggingface_hub[hf_transfer]`).
2. Set `HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1` as an environment variable.  
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