# Dedicated ML node

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-ml-node/378717
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 30, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-ml-node/378717 "2025-05-30T01:29:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![searchwithme](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/searchwithme/32/137075_2.png) [@searchwithme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/searchwithme)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-ml-node/378717/1 "2025-05-30T01:29:35Z")

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Is a dedicated ML node needed when using ELSER?  
is a dedicated ML node needed when a third party ML model is used if I start using elastic cloud?

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### Author: ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dedicated-ml-node/378717/2 "2025-05-30T03:04:32Z")

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Hi @searchwithme You Need an ML node with enough Memory But it can double as a data node for testing....

BUT you should absolutely use a dedicated machine learning mode for an serious/ prod use case.