# GPU not being used in Spaces Deployment
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**Author:**  [@tvkarthik](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Ftvkarthik)%5C
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fgpu-not-being-used-in-spaces-deployment%2F135038%2F1 "2025-01-09T15:20:54Z")
I have a deployment in my Space. But the GPU is not being used. I installed CUDA 11.8 and and I am using torch.
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**Author:**  [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fgpu-not-being-used-in-spaces-deployment%2F135038%2F2 "2025-01-09T15:27:20Z")
Is it zero GPU space?
If so, you’ll need to follow a slightly different procedure.
If not, that’s strange. Maybe you forgot to **.to(“cuda”)** the model or pipeline.
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**Author:**  [@tvkarthik](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Ftvkarthik)%5C
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fgpu-not-being-used-in-spaces-deployment%2F135038%2F3 "2025-01-09T15:41:54Z")
Hi John,
Thank you for the quick response.
When i send the request to the inference i see that the CPU is being used but GPU is not getting picked up although i have included .to(“cuda”). I am using the NVIDIA 1xL4. Just a snapshot below. When request is sent CPU touches 44% but GPU is not used.
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**Author:**  [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fgpu-not-being-used-in-spaces-deployment%2F135038%2F4 "2025-01-09T16:09:39Z")
It’s getting weirder and weirder…
The only thing that’s unusual is that the CUDA version is much older than the 12.4 that is common in HF, but I think it works even if it’s older…
And if there’s not enough VRAM, it should offload properly if accelerate is installed.
I think trying to load some unrelated model into the GPU might help isolate the problem.