# Compute Engine

## Overview of Deep Lake's Optimized Compute Engine built in C++

#### Compute Engine maximize performance of compute-heavy Deep Lake's features, such as distributed dataloading or large queries, by running certain operations in C++.

**The interface for the Compute Engine is still in Python**, and it is installed using `pip install "deeplake[enterprise]"`, which delivers the compiled C++ code from binaries. 

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In order to use Compute Engine, Deep Lake data must be stored in Deep Lake Storage, or in the user's cloud while being connected to Deep Lake using [Managed Credentials](/v3.6.0/storage-and-credentials/managed-credentials.md). 
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### Features in the Optimized Compute Engine:

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[Tensor Query Language (TQL)](/v3.6.0/enterprise-features/compute-engine/querying-datasets.md)
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[Performant Dataloader](/v3.6.0/enterprise-features/compute-engine/performant-dataloader.md)
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