diff --git a/launcher/src/main.rs b/launcher/src/main.rs
index 9d6cd4dd..51131f42 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,26 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Quantization {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, ValueEnum)]
+enum Dtype {
+    Float16,
+    BFloat16,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Dtype {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        // To keep in track with `server`.
+        match self {
+            Dtype::Float16 => {
+                write!(f, "float16")
+            }
+            Dtype::BFloat16 => {
+                write!(f, "bfloat16")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// App Configuration
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[clap(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
@@ -71,6 +91,10 @@ struct Args {
     #[clap(long, env, value_enum)]
     quantize: Option<Quantization>,
 
+    /// The dtype to be forced upon the model. This option cannot be used with `--quantize`.
+    #[clap(long, env, value_enum)]
+    dtype: Option<Dtype>,
+
     /// Whether you want to execute hub modelling code. Explicitly passing a `revision` is
     /// encouraged when loading a model with custom code to ensure no malicious code has been
     /// contributed in a newer revision.
@@ -258,6 +282,7 @@ fn shard_manager(
     model_id: String,
     revision: Option<String>,
     quantize: Option<Quantization>,
+    dtype: Option<Dtype>,
     trust_remote_code: bool,
     uds_path: String,
     rank: usize,
@@ -307,6 +332,11 @@ fn shard_manager(
         shard_argv.push(quantize.to_string())
     }
 
+    if let Some(dtype) = dtype {
+        shard_argv.push("--dtype".to_string());
+        shard_argv.push(dtype.to_string())
+    }
+
     // Model optional revision
     if let Some(revision) = revision {
         shard_argv.push("--revision".to_string());
@@ -743,6 +773,7 @@ fn spawn_shards(
         let shutdown_sender = shutdown_sender.clone();
         let otlp_endpoint = args.otlp_endpoint.clone();
         let quantize = args.quantize;
+        let dtype = args.dtype;
         let trust_remote_code = args.trust_remote_code;
         let master_port = args.master_port;
         let disable_custom_kernels = args.disable_custom_kernels;
@@ -753,6 +784,7 @@ fn spawn_shards(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize,
+                dtype,
                 trust_remote_code,
                 uds_path,
                 rank,
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/cli.py b/server/text_generation_server/cli.py
index aeb1f13b..3463049a 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/cli.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/cli.py
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ class Quantization(str, Enum):
     gptq = "gptq"
 
 
+class Dtype(str, Enum):
+    float16 = "float16"
+    bloat16 = "bfloat16"
+
+
 @app.command()
 def serve(
     model_id: str,
     revision: Optional[str] = None,
     sharded: bool = False,
     quantize: Optional[Quantization] = None,
+    dtype: Optional[Dtype] = None,
     trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     uds_path: Path = "/tmp/text-generation-server",
     logger_level: str = "INFO",
@@ -64,7 +70,14 @@ def serve(
 
     # Downgrade enum into str for easier management later on
     quantize = None if quantize is None else quantize.value
-    server.serve(model_id, revision, sharded, quantize, trust_remote_code, uds_path)
+    dtype = None if dtype is None else dtype.value
+    if dtype is not None and quantize is not None:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "Only 1 can be set between `dtype` and `quantize`, as they both decide how goes the final model."
+        )
+    server.serve(
+        model_id, revision, sharded, quantize, dtype, trust_remote_code, uds_path
+    )
 
 
 @app.command()
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py
index 2abde685..e45e198a 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/__init__.py
@@ -100,11 +100,25 @@ def get_model(
     revision: Optional[str],
     sharded: bool,
     quantize: Optional[str],
+    dtype: Optional[str],
     trust_remote_code: bool,
 ) -> Model:
+    if dtype is None:
+        dtype = torch.float16
+    elif dtype == "float16":
+        dtype = torch.float16
+    elif dtype == "bfloat16":
+        dtype = torch.bfloat16
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unknown dtype {dtype}")
+
     if "facebook/galactica" in model_id:
         return GalacticaSharded(
-            model_id, revision, quantize=quantize, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+            model_id,
+            revision,
+            quantize=quantize,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            dtypetrust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
         )
 
     if model_id.startswith("bigcode/"):
@@ -113,6 +127,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
         elif sharded:
@@ -124,6 +139,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
 
@@ -138,6 +154,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
         elif sharded:
@@ -149,12 +166,17 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
 
     if model_type == "bloom":
         return BLOOMSharded(
-            model_id, revision, quantize=quantize, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+            model_id,
+            revision,
+            quantize=quantize,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
         )
 
     elif model_type == "gpt_neox":
@@ -163,6 +185,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
         elif sharded:
@@ -170,6 +193,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
         else:
@@ -177,6 +201,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
 
@@ -186,6 +211,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
         elif sharded:
@@ -195,6 +221,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
 
@@ -210,6 +237,7 @@ def get_model(
                     model_id,
                     revision,
                     quantize=quantize,
+                    dtype=dtype,
                     trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
                 )
             raise NotImplementedError(
@@ -221,6 +249,7 @@ def get_model(
                     model_id,
                     revision,
                     quantize=quantize,
+                    dtype=dtype,
                     trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
                 )
             else:
@@ -228,12 +257,17 @@ def get_model(
                     model_id,
                     revision,
                     quantize=quantize,
+                    dtype=dtype,
                     trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
                 )
 
     elif model_type == "opt":
         return OPTSharded(
-            model_id, revision, quantize=quantize, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+            model_id,
+            revision,
+            quantize=quantize,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
         )
 
     elif model_type == "t5":
@@ -241,6 +275,7 @@ def get_model(
             model_id,
             revision,
             quantize=quantize,
+            dtype=dtype,
             trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
         )
 
@@ -253,11 +288,19 @@ def get_model(
 
     if model_type in modeling_auto.MODEL_FOR_CAUSAL_LM_MAPPING_NAMES:
         return CausalLM(
-            model_id, revision, quantize=quantize, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+            model_id,
+            revision,
+            quantize=quantize,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
         )
     if model_type in modeling_auto.MODEL_FOR_SEQ_TO_SEQ_CAUSAL_LM_MAPPING_NAMES:
         return Seq2SeqLM(
-            model_id, revision, quantize=quantize, trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code
+            model_id,
+            revision,
+            quantize=quantize,
+            dtype=dtype,
+            trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
         )
 
     auto_map = config_dict.get("auto_map", None)
@@ -267,6 +310,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
         if "AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM" in auto_map.keys():
@@ -274,6 +318,7 @@ def get_model(
                 model_id,
                 revision,
                 quantize=quantize,
+                dtype=dtype,
                 trust_remote_code=trust_remote_code,
             )
 
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/bloom.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/bloom.py
index 50b3b76a..101da207 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/bloom.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/bloom.py
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ class BLOOMSharded(CausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/causal_lm.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/causal_lm.py
index 6d47c6eb..cbdf4808 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/causal_lm.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/causal_lm.py
@@ -454,11 +454,12 @@ class CausalLM(Model):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device("cuda")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             if quantize:
                 raise ValueError("quantization is not available on CPU")
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_llama.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_llama.py
index 2c59f01e..417ccabb 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_llama.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_llama.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ class FlashLlama(FlashCausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("FlashLlama is only available on GPU")
 
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_neox.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_neox.py
index e64af0c6..61004d8e 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_neox.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_neox.py
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ class FlashNeoXSharded(FlashCausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("FlashNeoX is only available on GPU")
 
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_rw.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_rw.py
index a55f9118..12b862d7 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_rw.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_rw.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ class FlashRWSharded(FlashCausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("FlashRW is only available on GPU")
 
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_santacoder.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_santacoder.py
index ef202785..415ec2df 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_santacoder.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/flash_santacoder.py
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ class FlashSantacoderSharded(FlashCausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError("FlashSantacoderSharded is only available on GPU")
 
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/galactica.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/galactica.py
index 01e1c773..01e58bad 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/galactica.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/galactica.py
@@ -158,12 +158,13 @@ class GalacticaSharded(CausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/gpt_neox.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/gpt_neox.py
index 0abf0239..91877fa0 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/gpt_neox.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/gpt_neox.py
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ class GPTNeoxSharded(CausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/opt.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/opt.py
index 16cb48b7..d407b44a 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/opt.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/opt.py
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ class OPTSharded(CausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/rw.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/rw.py
index 2b1e4959..92bb135b 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/rw.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/rw.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ class RW(CausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device("cuda")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             if quantize:
                 raise ValueError("quantization is not available on CPU")
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/santacoder.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/santacoder.py
index d0fd3070..a2b38737 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/santacoder.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/santacoder.py
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ class SantaCoder(CausalLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device("cuda")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             if quantize:
                 raise ValueError("quantization is not available on CPU")
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/seq2seq_lm.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/seq2seq_lm.py
index 999b6637..9e5c21d1 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/seq2seq_lm.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/seq2seq_lm.py
@@ -504,11 +504,12 @@ class Seq2SeqLM(Model):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device("cuda")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             if quantize:
                 raise ValueError("quantization is not available on CPU")
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/models/t5.py b/server/text_generation_server/models/t5.py
index c89462fc..1b7073af 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/models/t5.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/models/t5.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ class T5Sharded(Seq2SeqLM):
         model_id: str,
         revision: Optional[str] = None,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[torch.dtype] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         self.process_group, rank, world_size = initialize_torch_distributed()
         if torch.cuda.is_available():
             device = torch.device(f"cuda:{rank}")
-            dtype = torch.float16
+            dtype = torch.float16 if dtype is None else dtype
         else:
             device = torch.device("cpu")
             dtype = torch.float32
diff --git a/server/text_generation_server/server.py b/server/text_generation_server/server.py
index 6cc5beeb..c375330a 100644
--- a/server/text_generation_server/server.py
+++ b/server/text_generation_server/server.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def serve(
     revision: Optional[str],
     sharded: bool,
     quantize: Optional[str],
+    dtype: Optional[str],
     trust_remote_code: bool,
     uds_path: Path,
 ):
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ def serve(
         revision: Optional[str],
         sharded: bool = False,
         quantize: Optional[str] = None,
+        dtype: Optional[str] = None,
         trust_remote_code: bool = False,
     ):
         unix_socket_template = "unix://{}-{}"
@@ -128,7 +130,9 @@ def serve(
             server_urls = [local_url]
 
         try:
-            model = get_model(model_id, revision, sharded, quantize, trust_remote_code)
+            model = get_model(
+                model_id, revision, sharded, quantize, dtype, trust_remote_code
+            )
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error when initializing model")
             raise
@@ -159,4 +163,6 @@ def serve(
             logger.info("Signal received. Shutting down")
             await server.stop(0)
 
-    asyncio.run(serve_inner(model_id, revision, sharded, quantize, trust_remote_code))
+    asyncio.run(
+        serve_inner(model_id, revision, sharded, quantize, dtype, trust_remote_code)
+    )