diff --git a/src/openpi/training/data_loader.py b/src/openpi/training/data_loader.py
index e2ee7dd06b..c11836efd3 100644
--- a/src/openpi/training/data_loader.py
+++ b/src/openpi/training/data_loader.py
@@ -365,7 +365,20 @@ def create_rlds_data_loader(
             If not provided, will iterate over the dataset indefinitely.
     """
     if framework == "pytorch":
-        raise NotImplementedError("PyTorch RLDS data loader is not supported yet")
+        # Only rank 0 builds the heavy TF-based RLDS pipeline; other ranks
+        # receive batches via broadcast to avoid 4x resource contention.
+        is_rank0 = not torch.distributed.is_initialized() or torch.distributed.get_rank() == 0
+        if is_rank0:
+            dataset = create_rlds_dataset(data_config, action_horizon, batch_size, shuffle=shuffle)
+            dataset = transform_iterable_dataset(dataset, data_config, skip_norm_stats=skip_norm_stats, is_batched=True)
+        else:
+            dataset = None
+        data_loader = PyTorchRLDSDataLoader(
+            dataset,
+            num_batches=num_batches,
+        )
+        return DataLoaderImpl(data_config, data_loader)
+
     dataset = create_rlds_dataset(data_config, action_horizon, batch_size, shuffle=shuffle)
     dataset = transform_iterable_dataset(dataset, data_config, skip_norm_stats=skip_norm_stats, is_batched=True)
 
@@ -527,8 +540,98 @@ def __iter__(self):
                 yield jax.tree.map(lambda x: jax.make_array_from_process_local_data(self._sharding, x), batch)
 
 
+class PyTorchRLDSDataLoader:
+    """RLDS data loader for PyTorch DDP training.
+
+    Only rank 0 builds and iterates the heavy TF-based RLDS pipeline.
+    Each batch is broadcast to all other ranks, then sliced so every rank
+    gets its own shard (batch_size // world_size samples).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        dataset: DroidRldsDataset | None,
+        *,
+        num_batches: int | None = None,
+    ):
+        self._dataset = dataset  # Only non-None on rank 0
+        self._num_batches = num_batches
+
+        if torch.distributed.is_initialized():
+            self._rank = torch.distributed.get_rank()
+            self._world_size = torch.distributed.get_world_size()
+        else:
+            self._rank = 0
+            self._world_size = 1
+
+    def _broadcast_batch(self, batch: dict | None) -> dict:
+        """Broadcast a batch from rank 0 to all ranks using torch.distributed."""
+        import pickle
+
+        if self._rank == 0:
+            data = pickle.dumps(batch)
+            size_tensor = torch.tensor([len(data)], dtype=torch.long, device="cuda")
+        else:
+            size_tensor = torch.tensor([0], dtype=torch.long, device="cuda")
+
+        torch.distributed.broadcast(size_tensor, src=0)
+        size = size_tensor.item()
+
+        if self._rank == 0:
+            data_tensor = torch.frombuffer(bytearray(data), dtype=torch.uint8).to("cuda")
+        else:
+            data_tensor = torch.empty(size, dtype=torch.uint8, device="cuda")
+
+        torch.distributed.broadcast(data_tensor, src=0)
+
+        if self._rank != 0:
+            batch = pickle.loads(data_tensor.cpu().numpy().tobytes())
+
+        return batch
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        num_items = 0
+        while True:
+            if self._rank == 0:
+                data_iter = iter(self._dataset)
+
+            while True:
+                if self._num_batches is not None and num_items >= self._num_batches:
+                    return
+
+                # Rank 0 produces the batch; others will receive via broadcast.
+                batch = None
+                exhausted = False
+                if self._rank == 0:
+                    try:
+                        batch = next(data_iter)
+                    except StopIteration:
+                        exhausted = True
+
+                if self._world_size > 1:
+                    # Sync the exhausted flag across all ranks.
+                    flag = torch.tensor([int(exhausted) if self._rank == 0 else 0], dtype=torch.long, device="cuda")
+                    torch.distributed.broadcast(flag, src=0)
+                    exhausted = flag.item() == 1
+
+                if exhausted:
+                    break
+
+                if self._world_size > 1:
+                    batch = self._broadcast_batch(batch)
+
+                num_items += 1
+                # Shard the pre-batched data across DDP ranks.
+                if self._world_size > 1:
+                    shard_size = batch["actions"].shape[0] // self._world_size
+                    start = self._rank * shard_size
+                    end = start + shard_size
+                    batch = jax.tree.map(lambda x: x[start:end], batch)
+                yield jax.tree.map(torch.as_tensor, batch)
+
+
 class DataLoaderImpl(DataLoader):
-    def __init__(self, data_config: _config.DataConfig, data_loader: TorchDataLoader | RLDSDataLoader):
+    def __init__(self, data_config: _config.DataConfig, data_loader: TorchDataLoader | RLDSDataLoader | PyTorchRLDSDataLoader):
         self._data_config = data_config
         self._data_loader = data_loader