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Ask HN: Sustainable Alternatives to Amazon S3?
I'm researching ways of building and pitching more sustainable development to clients, from avoiding face to face meetings (COVID helped with that one!) to proposing data centres that reuse waste generated heat.
One thing I'm struggling to find a more sustainable alternative to Amazon S3. Lots of clients have sites that require fast asset access, and from all across the globe.
Obviously the most sustainable option would be reducing asset heavy sites full stop, but for those cases where it's not possible is there a more green CDN than S3? Or does the need for excess capacity sitting around the globe undermine the whole exercise from the start.
- synack 6y agoAs far as I know, Google has the highest PUE, so Google Cloud Storage and Cloud CDN are probably what you're looking for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_usage_effectiveness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_usage_effectiveness
- brudgers 6y agoIs this a problem your clients pay you to solve? There's nothing wrong with your interest. And maybe there is a niche there. But are your current clients in that niche? Good luck.
- alexmingoia 6y agoYou may be interested in AWS Sustainability page: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud?energyType=true https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/the-cloud... They are working towards 100% renewable energy and last year energy usage was more than 50% renewable.
- ohashi 6y agoCould look at https://storj.io/ https://storj.io/
- HPsquared 6y agoHow much heat are we talking about here?
- TheOtherWW 6y agoCheck out https://filebase.com/ https://filebase.com/