diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 98792c58b4..00b4da07cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "deno_runtime",
  "deno_semver",
  "deno_task_shell",
+ "deno_telemetry",
  "deno_terminal 0.2.0",
  "deno_tower_lsp",
  "dhat",
@@ -2063,7 +2064,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "deno_runtime"
 version = "0.188.0"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "color-print",
  "deno_ast",
  "deno_broadcast_channel",
@@ -2084,6 +2084,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "deno_node",
  "deno_path_util",
  "deno_permissions",
+ "deno_telemetry",
  "deno_terminal 0.2.0",
  "deno_tls",
  "deno_url",
@@ -2109,13 +2110,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify",
  "ntapi",
  "once_cell",
- "opentelemetry",
- "opentelemetry-http",
- "opentelemetry-otlp",
- "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
- "opentelemetry_sdk",
  "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project",
  "regex",
  "rustyline",
  "same-file",
@@ -2164,6 +2159,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deno_telemetry"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "deno_core",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-http",
+ "opentelemetry-otlp",
+ "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk",
+ "pin-project",
+ "serde",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deno_terminal"
 version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f72d3c80d3..3fa7a2164a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ members = [
   "ext/napi/sym",
   "ext/net",
   "ext/node",
+  "ext/telemetry",
   "ext/url",
   "ext/web",
   "ext/webgpu",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ deno_kv = { version = "0.87.0", path = "./ext/kv" }
 deno_napi = { version = "0.110.0", path = "./ext/napi" }
 deno_net = { version = "0.171.0", path = "./ext/net" }
 deno_node = { version = "0.116.0", path = "./ext/node" }
+deno_telemetry = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./ext/telemetry" }
 deno_tls = { version = "0.166.0", path = "./ext/tls" }
 deno_url = { version = "0.179.0", path = "./ext/url" }
 deno_web = { version = "0.210.0", path = "./ext/web" }
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index d1ac3e160e..96bb206d0f 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ deno_resolver.workspace = true
 deno_runtime = { workspace = true, features = ["include_js_files_for_snapshotting"] }
 deno_semver.workspace = true
 deno_task_shell = "=0.18.1"
+deno_telemetry.workspace = true
 deno_terminal.workspace = true
 libsui = "0.5.0"
 node_resolver.workspace = true
diff --git a/cli/args/flags.rs b/cli/args/flags.rs
index 09a746e274..138f781496 100644
--- a/cli/args/flags.rs
+++ b/cli/args/flags.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use deno_path_util::normalize_path;
 use deno_path_util::url_to_file_path;
 use deno_runtime::deno_permissions::PermissionsOptions;
 use deno_runtime::deno_permissions::SysDescriptor;
-use deno_runtime::ops::otel::OtelConfig;
+use deno_telemetry::OtelConfig;
 use log::debug;
 use log::Level;
 use serde::Deserialize;
@@ -2662,7 +2662,7 @@ By default, outdated dependencies are only displayed.
 Display outdated dependencies:
   <p(245)>deno outdated</>
   <p(245)>deno outdated --compatible</>
-  
+
 Update dependencies:
   <p(245)>deno outdated --update</>
   <p(245)>deno outdated --update --latest</>
@@ -3047,7 +3047,7 @@ fn task_subcommand() -> Command {
 
 List all available tasks:
   <p(245)>deno task</>
-  
+
 Evaluate a task from string
   <p(245)>deno task --eval \"echo $(pwd)\"</>"
     ),
diff --git a/cli/args/mod.rs b/cli/args/mod.rs
index a1a9c49cbe..0914999411 100644
--- a/cli/args/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/args/mod.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ use deno_npm::npm_rc::ResolvedNpmRc;
 use deno_npm::resolution::ValidSerializedNpmResolutionSnapshot;
 use deno_npm::NpmSystemInfo;
 use deno_path_util::normalize_path;
-use deno_runtime::ops::otel::OtelConfig;
 use deno_semver::npm::NpmPackageReqReference;
+use deno_telemetry::OtelConfig;
 use import_map::resolve_import_map_value_from_specifier;
 
 pub use deno_config::deno_json::BenchConfig;
diff --git a/cli/main.rs b/cli/main.rs
index c49c8a83a6..d47f1e363c 100644
--- a/cli/main.rs
+++ b/cli/main.rs
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ fn resolve_flags_and_init(
   };
 
   if let Some(otel_config) = flags.otel_config() {
-    deno_runtime::ops::otel::init(otel_config)?;
+    deno_telemetry::init(otel_config)?;
   }
   util::logger::init(flags.log_level);
 
diff --git a/cli/mainrt.rs b/cli/mainrt.rs
index 2951aa711a..7ad3b3744b 100644
--- a/cli/mainrt.rs
+++ b/cli/mainrt.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn main() {
     match standalone {
       Ok(Some(data)) => {
         if let Some(otel_config) = data.metadata.otel_config.clone() {
-          deno_runtime::ops::otel::init(otel_config)?;
+          deno_telemetry::init(otel_config)?;
         }
         util::logger::init(data.metadata.log_level);
         load_env_vars(&data.metadata.env_vars_from_env_file);
diff --git a/cli/standalone/binary.rs b/cli/standalone/binary.rs
index 791f5052c0..b07b8e0823 100644
--- a/cli/standalone/binary.rs
+++ b/cli/standalone/binary.rs
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ use deno_runtime::deno_fs::FileSystem;
 use deno_runtime::deno_fs::RealFs;
 use deno_runtime::deno_io::fs::FsError;
 use deno_runtime::deno_node::PackageJson;
-use deno_runtime::ops::otel::OtelConfig;
 use deno_semver::npm::NpmVersionReqParseError;
 use deno_semver::package::PackageReq;
 use deno_semver::Version;
 use deno_semver::VersionReqSpecifierParseError;
+use deno_telemetry::OtelConfig;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use log::Level;
 use serde::Deserialize;
diff --git a/cli/util/logger.rs b/cli/util/logger.rs
index f76663df2c..2b8987c3e7 100644
--- a/cli/util/logger.rs
+++ b/cli/util/logger.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl log::Log for CliLogger {
       // thread's state
       DrawThread::hide();
       self.0.log(record);
-      deno_runtime::ops::otel::handle_log(record);
+      deno_telemetry::handle_log(record);
       DrawThread::show();
     }
   }
diff --git a/cli/worker.rs b/cli/worker.rs
index 5761571c5c..e79ed61422 100644
--- a/cli/worker.rs
+++ b/cli/worker.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use deno_runtime::deno_tls::RootCertStoreProvider;
 use deno_runtime::deno_web::BlobStore;
 use deno_runtime::fmt_errors::format_js_error;
 use deno_runtime::inspector_server::InspectorServer;
-use deno_runtime::ops::otel::OtelConfig;
 use deno_runtime::ops::process::NpmProcessStateProviderRc;
 use deno_runtime::ops::worker_host::CreateWebWorkerCb;
 use deno_runtime::web_worker::WebWorker;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ use deno_runtime::BootstrapOptions;
 use deno_runtime::WorkerExecutionMode;
 use deno_runtime::WorkerLogLevel;
 use deno_semver::npm::NpmPackageReqReference;
+use deno_telemetry::OtelConfig;
 use deno_terminal::colors;
 use node_resolver::NodeModuleKind;
 use node_resolver::NodeResolutionMode;
diff --git a/ext/fetch/26_fetch.js b/ext/fetch/26_fetch.js
index 3a77f6075e..12b9c4582b 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/26_fetch.js
+++ b/ext/fetch/26_fetch.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 /// <reference path="./lib.deno_fetch.d.ts" />
 /// <reference lib="esnext" />
 
-import { core, internals, primordials } from "ext:core/mod.js";
+import { core, primordials } from "ext:core/mod.js";
 import {
   op_fetch,
   op_fetch_promise_is_settled,
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const {
   SafePromisePrototypeFinally,
   String,
   StringPrototypeEndsWith,
-  StringPrototypeSlice,
   StringPrototypeStartsWith,
   StringPrototypeToLowerCase,
   TypeError,
@@ -59,6 +58,17 @@ import {
   toInnerResponse,
 } from "ext:deno_fetch/23_response.js";
 import * as abortSignal from "ext:deno_web/03_abort_signal.js";
+import {
+  endSpan,
+  enterSpan,
+  exitSpan,
+  Span,
+  TRACING_ENABLED,
+} from "ext:deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts";
+import {
+  updateSpanFromRequest,
+  updateSpanFromResponse,
+} from "ext:deno_telemetry/util.ts";
 
 const REQUEST_BODY_HEADER_NAMES = [
   "content-encoding",
@@ -343,9 +353,9 @@ function httpRedirectFetch(request, response, terminator) {
 function fetch(input, init = { __proto__: null }) {
   let span;
   try {
-    if (internals.telemetry?.tracingEnabled) {
-      span = new internals.telemetry.Span("fetch", { kind: 2 });
-      internals.telemetry.enterSpan(span);
+    if (TRACING_ENABLED) {
+      span = new Span("fetch", { kind: 2 });
+      enterSpan(span);
     }
 
     // There is an async dispatch later that causes a stack trace disconnect.
@@ -361,16 +371,7 @@ function fetch(input, init = { __proto__: null }) {
       const requestObject = new Request(input, init);
 
       if (span) {
-        span.updateName(requestObject.method);
-        span.setAttribute("http.request.method", requestObject.method);
-        const url = new URL(requestObject.url);
-        span.setAttribute("url.full", requestObject.url);
-        span.setAttribute(
-          "url.scheme",
-          StringPrototypeSlice(url.protocol, 0, -1),
-        );
-        span.setAttribute("url.path", url.pathname);
-        span.setAttribute("url.query", StringPrototypeSlice(url.search, 1));
+        updateSpanFromRequest(span, requestObject);
       }
 
       // 3.
@@ -432,10 +433,7 @@ function fetch(input, init = { __proto__: null }) {
             responseObject = fromInnerResponse(response, "immutable");
 
             if (span) {
-              span.setAttribute(
-                "http.response.status_code",
-                String(responseObject.status),
-              );
+              updateSpanFromResponse(span, responseObject);
             }
 
             resolve(responseObject);
@@ -457,7 +455,7 @@ function fetch(input, init = { __proto__: null }) {
           return result;
         } finally {
           if (span) {
-            internals.telemetry.endSpan(span);
+            endSpan(span);
           }
         }
       })();
@@ -471,18 +469,18 @@ function fetch(input, init = { __proto__: null }) {
       // XXX: This should always be true, otherwise `opPromise` would be present.
       if (op_fetch_promise_is_settled(result)) {
         // It's already settled.
-        internals.telemetry.endSpan(span);
+        endSpan(span);
       } else {
         // Not settled yet, we can return a new wrapper promise.
         return SafePromisePrototypeFinally(result, () => {
-          internals.telemetry.endSpan(span);
+          endSpan(span);
         });
       }
     }
     return result;
   } finally {
     if (span) {
-      internals.telemetry.exitSpan(span);
+      exitSpan(span);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ext/http/00_serve.ts b/ext/http/00_serve.ts
index 027c2710b2..446533e910 100644
--- a/ext/http/00_serve.ts
+++ b/ext/http/00_serve.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ const {
   PromisePrototypeCatch,
   SafePromisePrototypeFinally,
   PromisePrototypeThen,
-  String,
   StringPrototypeIncludes,
-  StringPrototypeSlice,
   Symbol,
   TypeError,
   TypedArrayPrototypeGetSymbolToStringTag,
@@ -91,6 +89,16 @@ import {
 } from "ext:deno_net/01_net.js";
 import { hasTlsKeyPairOptions, listenTls } from "ext:deno_net/02_tls.js";
 import { SymbolAsyncDispose } from "ext:deno_web/00_infra.js";
+import {
+  endSpan,
+  enterSpan,
+  Span,
+  TRACING_ENABLED,
+} from "ext:deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts";
+import {
+  updateSpanFromRequest,
+  updateSpanFromResponse,
+} from "ext:deno_telemetry/util.ts";
 
 const _upgraded = Symbol("_upgraded");
 
@@ -527,16 +535,7 @@ function mapToCallback(context, callback, onError) {
       innerRequest.request = request;
 
       if (span) {
-        span.updateName(request.method);
-        span.setAttribute("http.request.method", request.method);
-        const url = new URL(request.url);
-        span.setAttribute("url.full", request.url);
-        span.setAttribute(
-          "url.scheme",
-          StringPrototypeSlice(url.protocol, 0, -1),
-        );
-        span.setAttribute("url.path", url.pathname);
-        span.setAttribute("url.query", StringPrototypeSlice(url.search, 1));
+        updateSpanFromRequest(span, request);
       }
 
       response = await callback(
@@ -578,10 +577,7 @@ function mapToCallback(context, callback, onError) {
     }
 
     if (span) {
-      span.setAttribute(
-        "http.response.status_code",
-        String(response.status),
-      );
+      updateSpanFromResponse(span, response);
     }
 
     const inner = toInnerResponse(response);
@@ -617,8 +613,7 @@ function mapToCallback(context, callback, onError) {
     fastSyncResponseOrStream(req, inner.body, status, innerRequest);
   };
 
-  if (internals.telemetry?.tracingEnabled) {
-    const { Span, enterSpan, endSpan } = internals.telemetry;
+  if (TRACING_ENABLED) {
     const origMapped = mapped;
     mapped = function (req, _span) {
       const oldCtx = getAsyncContext();
diff --git a/ext/telemetry/Cargo.toml b/ext/telemetry/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e0c40e873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/telemetry/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+[package]
+name = "deno_telemetry"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+repository.workspace = true
+description = "Telemetry for Deno"
+
+[lib]
+path = "lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+async-trait.workspace = true
+deno_core.workspace = true
+http-body-util.workspace = true
+hyper.workspace = true
+hyper-util.workspace = true
+log.workspace = true
+once_cell.workspace = true
+opentelemetry.workspace = true
+opentelemetry-http.workspace = true
+opentelemetry-otlp.workspace = true
+opentelemetry-semantic-conventions.workspace = true
+opentelemetry_sdk.workspace = true
+pin-project.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
diff --git a/ext/telemetry/README.md b/ext/telemetry/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6931a3b896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/telemetry/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# `deno_telemetry`
+
+This crate implements telemetry for Deno using OpenTelemetry.
diff --git a/runtime/ops/otel.rs b/ext/telemetry/lib.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from runtime/ops/otel.rs
rename to ext/telemetry/lib.rs
index 19f09d9f6d..1ce8ac1dcc 100644
--- a/runtime/ops/otel.rs
+++ b/ext/telemetry/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-use crate::tokio_util::create_basic_runtime;
 use deno_core::anyhow;
 use deno_core::anyhow::anyhow;
 use deno_core::futures::channel::mpsc;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ type SpanProcessor = BatchSpanProcessor<OtelSharedRuntime>;
 type LogProcessor = BatchLogProcessor<OtelSharedRuntime>;
 
 deno_core::extension!(
-  deno_otel,
+  deno_telemetry,
   ops = [
     op_otel_log,
     op_otel_instrumentation_scope_create_and_enter,
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ deno_core::extension!(
     op_otel_span_set_dropped,
     op_otel_span_flush,
   ],
+  esm = ["telemetry.ts", "util.ts"],
 );
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -111,7 +111,26 @@ fn otel_create_shared_runtime() -> UnboundedSender<BoxFuture<'static, ()>> {
     mpsc::unbounded::<BoxFuture<'static, ()>>();
 
   thread::spawn(move || {
-    let rt = create_basic_runtime();
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+      .enable_io()
+      .enable_time()
+      // This limits the number of threads for blocking operations (like for
+      // synchronous fs ops) or CPU bound tasks like when we run dprint in
+      // parallel for deno fmt.
+      // The default value is 512, which is an unhelpfully large thread pool. We
+      // don't ever want to have more than a couple dozen threads.
+      .max_blocking_threads(if cfg!(windows) {
+        // on windows, tokio uses blocking tasks for child process IO, make sure
+        // we have enough available threads for other tasks to run
+        4 * std::thread::available_parallelism()
+          .map(|n| n.get())
+          .unwrap_or(8)
+      } else {
+        32
+      })
+      .build()
+      .unwrap();
+
     rt.block_on(async move {
       while let Some(task) = spawn_task_rx.next().await {
         tokio::spawn(task);
diff --git a/runtime/js/telemetry.ts b/ext/telemetry/telemetry.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from runtime/js/telemetry.ts
rename to ext/telemetry/telemetry.ts
index a98e5b0a19..03fbd83e2f 100644
--- a/runtime/js/telemetry.ts
+++ b/ext/telemetry/telemetry.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-import { core, internals, primordials } from "ext:core/mod.js";
+import { core, primordials } from "ext:core/mod.js";
 import {
   op_crypto_get_random_values,
   op_otel_instrumentation_scope_create_and_enter,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const {
 } = primordials;
 const { AsyncVariable, setAsyncContext } = core;
 
-let TRACING_ENABLED = false;
+export let TRACING_ENABLED = false;
 let DETERMINISTIC = false;
 
 // Note: These start at 0 in the JS library,
@@ -709,12 +709,3 @@ export const telemetry = {
   SpanExporter,
   ContextManager,
 };
-internals.telemetry = {
-  Span,
-  enterSpan,
-  exitSpan,
-  endSpan,
-  get tracingEnabled() {
-    return TRACING_ENABLED;
-  },
-};
diff --git a/ext/telemetry/util.ts b/ext/telemetry/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e30d5d859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/telemetry/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+import { primordials } from "ext:core/mod.js";
+import type { Span } from "ext:deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts";
+
+const { String, StringPrototypeSlice } = primordials;
+
+export function updateSpanFromRequest(span: Span, request: Request) {
+  span.updateName(request.method);
+
+  span.setAttribute("http.request.method", request.method);
+  const url = new URL(request.url);
+  span.setAttribute("url.full", request.url);
+  span.setAttribute(
+    "url.scheme",
+    StringPrototypeSlice(url.protocol, 0, -1),
+  );
+  span.setAttribute("url.path", url.pathname);
+  span.setAttribute("url.query", StringPrototypeSlice(url.search, 1));
+}
+
+export function updateSpanFromResponse(span: Span, response: Response) {
+  span.setAttribute(
+    "http.response.status_code",
+    String(response.status),
+  );
+}
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 94fe4ce02b..1b960c2bdb 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ deno_net.workspace = true
 deno_node.workspace = true
 deno_path_util.workspace = true
 deno_permissions.workspace = true
+deno_telemetry.workspace = true
 deno_terminal.workspace = true
 deno_tls.workspace = true
 deno_url.workspace = true
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ deno_websocket.workspace = true
 deno_webstorage.workspace = true
 node_resolver = { workspace = true, features = ["sync"] }
 
-async-trait.workspace = true
 color-print.workspace = true
 dlopen2.workspace = true
 encoding_rs.workspace = true
@@ -115,13 +115,7 @@ log.workspace = true
 netif = "0.1.6"
 notify.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
-opentelemetry.workspace = true
-opentelemetry-http.workspace = true
-opentelemetry-otlp.workspace = true
-opentelemetry-semantic-conventions.workspace = true
-opentelemetry_sdk.workspace = true
 percent-encoding.workspace = true
-pin-project.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
 rustyline = { workspace = true, features = ["custom-bindings"] }
 same-file = "1.0.6"
diff --git a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
index 6300f599d9..a510ee33c4 100644
--- a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
+++ b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import * as tty from "ext:runtime/40_tty.js";
 import * as kv from "ext:deno_kv/01_db.ts";
 import * as cron from "ext:deno_cron/01_cron.ts";
 import * as webgpuSurface from "ext:deno_webgpu/02_surface.js";
-import * as telemetry from "ext:runtime/telemetry.ts";
+import * as telemetry from "ext:deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts";
 
 const denoNs = {
   Process: process.Process,
diff --git a/runtime/js/99_main.js b/runtime/js/99_main.js
index eedca3396e..e3b14fdafa 100644
--- a/runtime/js/99_main.js
+++ b/runtime/js/99_main.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ import {
   workerRuntimeGlobalProperties,
 } from "ext:runtime/98_global_scope_worker.js";
 import { SymbolDispose, SymbolMetadata } from "ext:deno_web/00_infra.js";
-import { bootstrap as bootstrapOtel } from "ext:runtime/telemetry.ts";
+import { bootstrap as bootstrapOtel } from "ext:deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts";
 
 // deno-lint-ignore prefer-primordials
 if (Symbol.metadata) {
diff --git a/runtime/lib.rs b/runtime/lib.rs
index a6e60ced18..53d4f265e0 100644
--- a/runtime/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/lib.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ pub static UNSTABLE_GRANULAR_FLAGS: &[UnstableGranularFlag] = &[
 ];
 
 pub fn exit(code: i32) -> ! {
-  crate::ops::otel::flush();
+  deno_telemetry::flush();
   #[allow(clippy::disallowed_methods)]
   std::process::exit(code);
 }
diff --git a/runtime/ops/mod.rs b/runtime/ops/mod.rs
index c2e402f33c..67065b901b 100644
--- a/runtime/ops/mod.rs
+++ b/runtime/ops/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ pub mod bootstrap;
 pub mod fs_events;
 pub mod http;
 pub mod os;
-pub mod otel;
 pub mod permissions;
 pub mod process;
 pub mod runtime;
diff --git a/runtime/shared.rs b/runtime/shared.rs
index b1f383b03d..f7d76f67a7 100644
--- a/runtime/shared.rs
+++ b/runtime/shared.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ extension!(runtime,
     "40_signals.js",
     "40_tty.js",
     "41_prompt.js",
-    "telemetry.ts",
     "90_deno_ns.js",
     "98_global_scope_shared.js",
     "98_global_scope_window.js",
diff --git a/runtime/snapshot.rs b/runtime/snapshot.rs
index 3bf515131f..48c500ef74 100644
--- a/runtime/snapshot.rs
+++ b/runtime/snapshot.rs
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ pub fn create_runtime_snapshot(
   // `runtime/worker.rs`, `runtime/web_worker.rs` and `runtime/snapshot.rs`!
   let fs = std::sync::Arc::new(deno_fs::RealFs);
   let mut extensions: Vec<Extension> = vec![
+    deno_telemetry::deno_telemetry::init_ops_and_esm(),
     deno_webidl::deno_webidl::init_ops_and_esm(),
     deno_console::deno_console::init_ops_and_esm(),
     deno_url::deno_url::init_ops_and_esm(),
@@ -314,7 +315,6 @@ pub fn create_runtime_snapshot(
     ),
     ops::fs_events::deno_fs_events::init_ops(),
     ops::os::deno_os::init_ops(Default::default()),
-    ops::otel::deno_otel::init_ops(),
     ops::permissions::deno_permissions::init_ops(),
     ops::process::deno_process::init_ops(None),
     ops::signal::deno_signal::init_ops(),
diff --git a/runtime/web_worker.rs b/runtime/web_worker.rs
index 214ae59c80..e3a69b39c0 100644
--- a/runtime/web_worker.rs
+++ b/runtime/web_worker.rs
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ impl WebWorker {
     // `runtime/worker.rs` and `runtime/snapshot.rs`!
 
     let mut extensions = vec![
+      deno_telemetry::deno_telemetry::init_ops_and_esm(),
       // Web APIs
       deno_webidl::deno_webidl::init_ops_and_esm(),
       deno_console::deno_console::init_ops_and_esm(),
@@ -517,7 +518,6 @@ impl WebWorker {
       ),
       ops::fs_events::deno_fs_events::init_ops_and_esm(),
       ops::os::deno_os_worker::init_ops_and_esm(),
-      ops::otel::deno_otel::init_ops_and_esm(),
       ops::permissions::deno_permissions::init_ops_and_esm(),
       ops::process::deno_process::init_ops_and_esm(
         services.npm_process_state_provider,
diff --git a/runtime/worker.rs b/runtime/worker.rs
index 65fc99c766..46fbd7b43f 100644
--- a/runtime/worker.rs
+++ b/runtime/worker.rs
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ impl MainWorker {
     // NOTE(bartlomieju): ordering is important here, keep it in sync with
     // `runtime/web_worker.rs` and `runtime/snapshot.rs`!
     let mut extensions = vec![
+      deno_telemetry::deno_telemetry::init_ops_and_esm(),
       // Web APIs
       deno_webidl::deno_webidl::init_ops_and_esm(),
       deno_console::deno_console::init_ops_and_esm(),
@@ -428,7 +429,6 @@ impl MainWorker {
       ),
       ops::fs_events::deno_fs_events::init_ops_and_esm(),
       ops::os::deno_os::init_ops_and_esm(exit_code.clone()),
-      ops::otel::deno_otel::init_ops_and_esm(),
       ops::permissions::deno_permissions::init_ops_and_esm(),
       ops::process::deno_process::init_ops_and_esm(
         services.npm_process_state_provider,
diff --git a/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs b/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs
index 3f5c245a0f..4a8c5dba86 100644
--- a/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs
+++ b/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-use crate::ops::otel::OtelConfig;
 use deno_core::v8;
 use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
+use deno_telemetry::OtelConfig;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::thread;
diff --git a/tools/core_import_map.json b/tools/core_import_map.json
index 38ffe55858..bc0674277e 100644
--- a/tools/core_import_map.json
+++ b/tools/core_import_map.json
@@ -247,8 +247,9 @@
     "ext:runtime/41_prompt.js": "../runtime/js/41_prompt.js",
     "ext:runtime/90_deno_ns.js": "../runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js",
     "ext:runtime/98_global_scope.js": "../runtime/js/98_global_scope.js",
-    "ext:runtime/telemetry.ts": "../runtime/js/telemetry.ts",
     "ext:deno_node/_util/std_fmt_colors.ts": "../ext/node/polyfills/_util/std_fmt_colors.ts",
+    "ext:deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts": "../ext/deno_telemetry/telemetry.ts",
+    "ext:deno_telemetry/util.ts": "../ext/deno_telemetry/util.ts",
     "@std/archive": "../tests/util/std/archive/mod.ts",
     "@std/archive/tar": "../tests/util/std/archive/tar.ts",
     "@std/archive/untar": "../tests/util/std/archive/untar.ts",