diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 7053dd27..9b070b49 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ENV HISTFILE="/home/coder/.cache/._bash_history"
 ENV AWS_ROLE_ARN="arn:aws:iam::279114543810:role/nv-gha-token-sccache-devs"
 ENV SCCACHE_REGION="us-east-2"
 ENV SCCACHE_BUCKET="rapids-sccache-devs"
+ENV SCCACHE_S3_USE_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_MODE=true
 ENV SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=0
 
 ###
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index ee76c240..b0d27477 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ jobs:
       build_type: ${{ inputs.build_type || 'branch' }}
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_cpp.sh
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   python-build:
     needs: [cpp-build]
     secrets: inherit
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       script: ci/build_python.sh
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   docs-build:
     needs: cpp-build
     secrets: inherit
@@ -82,10 +85,12 @@ jobs:
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
       package-name: cugraph-pyg
       package-type: python
       pure-wheel: true
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-publish-cugraph-pyg:
     needs: wheel-build-cugraph-pyg
     secrets: inherit
@@ -105,11 +110,13 @@ jobs:
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_wheel_libwholegraph.sh
       package-name: libwholegraph
       package-type: cpp
       # build for every combination of arch and CUDA version, but only for the latest Python
       matrix_filter: group_by([.ARCH, (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0])]) | map(max_by(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-build-pylibwholegraph:
     needs: wheel-build-libwholegraph
     secrets: inherit
@@ -119,9 +126,11 @@ jobs:
       branch: ${{ inputs.branch }}
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_wheel_pylibwholegraph.sh
       package-name: pylibwholegraph
       package-type: python
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-publish-libwholegraph:
     needs: wheel-build-libwholegraph
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 24ea205b..b6403091 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ jobs:
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/conda-cpp-build.yaml@release/25.12
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_cpp.sh
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   conda-cpp-tests:
     needs: [conda-cpp-build, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_cpp.sh
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   conda-python-build:
     needs: conda-cpp-build
     secrets: inherit
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/build_python.sh
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   conda-notebook-tests:
     needs: [conda-python-build, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
@@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ jobs:
       #  ref: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/159779
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64" and (.CUDA_VER | startswith("12"))))
       script: ci/test_python.sh
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   docs-build:
     needs: conda-cpp-build
     secrets: inherit
@@ -161,19 +166,23 @@ jobs:
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/build_wheel_libwholegraph.sh
+      node_type: cpu8
       package-name: libwholegraph
       package-type: cpp
       # build for every combination of arch and CUDA version, but only for the latest Python
       matrix_filter: group_by([.ARCH, (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0])]) | map(max_by(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-build-pylibwholegraph:
     needs: [checks, wheel-build-libwholegraph]
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-build.yaml@release/25.12
     with:
       build_type: pull-request
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_wheel_pylibwholegraph.sh
       package-name: pylibwholegraph
       package-type: python
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-tests-pylibwholegraph:
     needs: [wheel-build-pylibwholegraph, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
@@ -183,6 +192,7 @@ jobs:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel_pylibwholegraph.sh
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64"))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-build-cugraph-pyg:
     needs: checks
     secrets: inherit
@@ -191,10 +201,12 @@ jobs:
       # This selects "ARCH=amd64 + the latest supported Python + CUDA".
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64")) | group_by(.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)|.[0]) | map(max_by([(.PY_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber)), (.CUDA_VER|split(".")|map(tonumber))]))
       build_type: pull-request
+      node_type: cpu8
       script: ci/build_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
       package-name: cugraph-pyg
       package-type: python
       pure-wheel: true
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-tests-cugraph-pyg:
     needs: [wheel-build-pylibwholegraph, wheel-build-cugraph-pyg, changed-files]
     secrets: inherit
@@ -204,3 +216,4 @@ jobs:
       build_type: pull-request
       script: ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64"))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index cdaf0147..ea88dcef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       date: ${{ inputs.date }}
       script: ci/test_cpp.sh
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   conda-notebook-tests:
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/custom-job.yaml@release/25.12
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       # TODO: remove the CUDA 13 exclusion here once there are pytorch CUDA 13 packages
       #  ref: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/159779
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64" and (.CUDA_VER | startswith("12"))))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-tests-pylibwholegraph:
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@release/25.12
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       script: ci/test_wheel_pylibwholegraph.sh
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64"))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
   wheel-tests-cugraph-pyg:
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/wheels-test.yaml@release/25.12
@@ -76,3 +79,4 @@ jobs:
       sha: ${{ inputs.sha }}
       script: ci/test_wheel_cugraph-pyg.sh
       matrix_filter: map(select(.ARCH == "amd64"))
+      sccache-dist-token-secret-name: GIST_REPO_READ_ORG_GITHUB_TOKEN
diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index 4f739b0f..2e0dde1b 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 source rapids-configure-sccache
-
 source rapids-date-string
 
 export CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ rapids-print-env
 
 rapids-logger "Begin cpp build"
 
-sccache --zero-stats
+sccache --stop-server 2>/dev/null || true
 
 RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(rapids-generate-version)
 export RAPIDS_PACKAGE_VERSION
@@ -30,3 +29,4 @@ rattler-build build --recipe conda/recipes/libwholegraph \
                     "${RATTLER_CHANNELS[@]}"
 
 sccache --show-adv-stats
+sccache --stop-server >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
diff --git a/ci/build_python.sh b/ci/build_python.sh
index 320b0c86..c7331969 100755
--- a/ci/build_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_python.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 source rapids-configure-sccache
-
 source rapids-date-string
 
 export CMAKE_GENERATOR=Ninja
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ rapids-logger "Prepending channel ${CPP_CHANNEL} to RATTLER_CHANNELS"
 RATTLER_CHANNELS=("--channel" "${CPP_CHANNEL}" "${RATTLER_CHANNELS[@]}")
 
 # TODO: Remove `--test skip` flags once importing on a CPU node works correctly
-sccache --zero-stats
+sccache --stop-server 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rapids-logger "Building pylibwholegraph"
 
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ rattler-build build --recipe conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph \
                     "${RATTLER_CHANNELS[@]}"
 
 sccache --show-adv-stats
-sccache --zero-stats
+sccache --stop-server >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
 rapids-logger "Building cugraph-pyg"
 
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ rattler-build build --recipe conda/recipes/cugraph-pyg \
                     "${RATTLER_CHANNELS[@]}"
 
 sccache --show-adv-stats
-sccache --zero-stats
+sccache --stop-server >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
 # remove build_cache directory to avoid uploading the entire source tree
 # tracked in https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build/issues/1424
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel.sh b/ci/build_wheel.sh
index 9531de3e..47170a7a 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel.sh
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ fi
 source rapids-configure-sccache
 source rapids-date-string
 
+export SCCACHE_S3_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX="${package_name}/${RAPIDS_CONDA_ARCH}/cuda${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%%.*}/wheel/preprocessor-cache"
+export SCCACHE_S3_USE_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_MODE=true
+
 rapids-generate-version > ./VERSION
 
 RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX="$(rapids-wheel-ctk-name-gen "${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION}")"
 
 cd "${package_dir}"
 
-sccache --zero-stats
+sccache --stop-server 2>/dev/null || true
 
 rapids-logger "Building '${package_name}' wheel"
 rapids-pip-retry wheel \
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ rapids-pip-retry wheel \
     .
 
 sccache --show-adv-stats
+sccache --stop-server >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
 # pure-python packages should be marked as pure, and not have auditwheel run on them.
 if [[ ${package_name} == "cugraph-pyg" ]]; then
diff --git a/cmake/rapids_config.cmake b/cmake/rapids_config.cmake
index 768e2487..9cda1f26 100644
--- a/cmake/rapids_config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/rapids_config.cmake
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ if(NOT rapids-cmake-branch)
   set(rapids-cmake-branch "${_rapids_branch}")
 endif()
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/RAPIDS.cmake")
+
+# Don't use sccache-dist for CMake's compiler tests
+set(ENV{SCCACHE_NO_DIST_COMPILE} "1")
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libwholegraph/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/libwholegraph/recipe.yaml
index d0ca3b7b..abc1b524 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libwholegraph/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/libwholegraph/recipe.yaml
@@ -33,18 +33,32 @@ cache:
         - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
         - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
         - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
+        - SCCACHE_DIST_AUTH_TOKEN
       env:
         CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
         CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
         CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
         CMAKE_GENERATOR: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_GENERATOR") }}
-        PARALLEL_LEVEL: ${{ env.get("PARALLEL_LEVEL") }}
-        SCCACHE_BUCKET: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_BUCKET") }}
-        SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT") }}
-        SCCACHE_REGION: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_REGION") }}
-        SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL") }}
-        SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS") }}
+        NVCC_APPEND_FLAGS: ${{ env.get("NVCC_APPEND_FLAGS", default="") }}
+        PARALLEL_LEVEL: ${{ env.get("PARALLEL_LEVEL", default="8") }}
+        RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR: ${{ env.get("RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR", default="") }}
+        SCCACHE_BUCKET: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_BUCKET", default="") }}
+        SCCACHE_DIST_AUTH_TYPE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_AUTH_TYPE", default="token") }}
+        SCCACHE_DIST_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL_COMPILE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL_COMPILE", default="false") }}
+        SCCACHE_DIST_MAX_RETRIES: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_MAX_RETRIES", default="inf") }}
+        SCCACHE_DIST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", default="7140") }}
+        SCCACHE_DIST_SCHEDULER_URL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_SCHEDULER_URL", default="") }}
+        SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG", default="/tmp/sccache.log") }}
+        SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT", default="0") }}
+        SCCACHE_NO_CACHE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_NO_CACHE", default="") }}
+        SCCACHE_RECACHE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_RECACHE", default="") }}
+        SCCACHE_REGION: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_REGION", default="") }}
         SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX: libwholegraph/${{ env.get("RAPIDS_CONDA_ARCH") }}/cuda${{ cuda_major }}
+        SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS", default="false") }}
+        SCCACHE_S3_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: libwholegraph/${{ env.get("RAPIDS_CONDA_ARCH") }}/cuda${{ cuda_major }}/conda/preprocessor-cache
+        SCCACHE_S3_USE_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_MODE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_MODE", default="true") }}
+        SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL", default="true") }}
+        SCCACHE_SERVER_LOG: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_SERVER_LOG", default="sccache=debug") }}
 
   requirements:
     build:
diff --git a/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/recipe.yaml b/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/recipe.yaml
index aaff2f6d..44043d20 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/recipe.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/pylibwholegraph/recipe.yaml
@@ -28,17 +28,32 @@ build:
       - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
       - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
       - AWS_SESSION_TOKEN
+      - SCCACHE_DIST_AUTH_TOKEN
     env:
       CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
       CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
       CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER") }}
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: ${{ env.get("CMAKE_GENERATOR") }}
-      SCCACHE_BUCKET: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_BUCKET") }}
-      SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT") }}
-      SCCACHE_REGION: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_REGION") }}
-      SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL") }}
-      SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS") }}
+      NVCC_APPEND_FLAGS: ${{ env.get("NVCC_APPEND_FLAGS", default="") }}
+      PARALLEL_LEVEL: ${{ env.get("PARALLEL_LEVEL", default="8") }}
+      RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR: ${{ env.get("RAPIDS_ARTIFACTS_DIR", default="") }}
+      SCCACHE_BUCKET: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_BUCKET", default="") }}
+      SCCACHE_DIST_AUTH_TYPE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_AUTH_TYPE", default="token") }}
+      SCCACHE_DIST_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL_COMPILE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_FALLBACK_TO_LOCAL_COMPILE", default="false") }}
+      SCCACHE_DIST_MAX_RETRIES: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_MAX_RETRIES", default="inf") }}
+      SCCACHE_DIST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", default="7140") }}
+      SCCACHE_DIST_SCHEDULER_URL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_DIST_SCHEDULER_URL", default="") }}
+      SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_ERROR_LOG", default="/tmp/sccache.log") }}
+      SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT", default="0") }}
+      SCCACHE_NO_CACHE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_NO_CACHE", default="") }}
+      SCCACHE_RECACHE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_RECACHE", default="") }}
+      SCCACHE_REGION: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_REGION", default="") }}
       SCCACHE_S3_KEY_PREFIX: pylibwholegraph/${{ env.get("RAPIDS_CONDA_ARCH") }}/cuda${{ cuda_major }}
+      SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_NO_CREDENTIALS", default="false") }}
+      SCCACHE_S3_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX: pylibwholegraph/${{ env.get("RAPIDS_CONDA_ARCH") }}/cuda${{ cuda_major }}/conda/preprocessor-cache
+      SCCACHE_S3_USE_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_MODE: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_PREPROCESSOR_CACHE_MODE", default="true") }}
+      SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_S3_USE_SSL", default="true") }}
+      SCCACHE_SERVER_LOG: ${{ env.get("SCCACHE_SERVER_LOG", default="sccache=debug") }}
 
 requirements:
   build: