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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions docs-site/content/27.1/api/vector-search.md
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Embedding models are computationally intensive to run.
So when using one of the [built-in models](#using-built-in-models), you might want to consider running Typesense on a server with a GPU to improve the performance of embedding generation, especially for large datasets.

:::tip
The GPU is only used for generating embeddings and not when using the embeddings generated for Vector Search.
:::

#### On Typesense Cloud:

For [select RAM / CPU configurations](https://typesense-cloud.helpscoutdocs.com/article/4-gpu-acceleration), you'll find the option to turn on "GPU Acceleration" when provisioning a new cluster or under Cluster Configuration > Modify for Typesense versions `0.25.0` and above.
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