Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for multiple-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) grouping for large numbers of MU-MIMO clients. In one example, a method for wireless communication includes identifying, from a compressed beamforming (CBF) report, a noise parameter for communications with a user equipment (UE). The method may also include determining at least one of an initial MU-MIMO group size and an initial modulation and coding scheme (MCS) based at least in part on the noise parameter. The method may also include transmitting data based on at least one of the initial MU-MIMO group size and the initial MCS.