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Kubernetes Bin-Packing and Node Consolidation: How to Cut Idle Node Cost

calendar_today July 16, 2026 person Laurent Gil domain cast-ai

69% of Kubernetes clusters over-provision CPU. The default scheduler is partly to blame. Here is how bin-packing works, why the default scheduler fights it, and how to fix it.

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