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More reason to ditch big companies and self-host

• jairuhme 1y ago
  How does self hosting change the power consumption? Don't you still need to power those devices? If you're running fully on renewable, sure you have a point. But if everyone self hosts, the power companies still have to fill the energy gap, right?
  • zahlman 1y ago
    For one thing, if you switch from cloud to local storage, that avoids the need for the actual bandwidth, which requires energy.
    • imoverclocked 1y ago
      My usage of stuff often correlates to the sun being in the sky; By hosting things at my house my power consumption roughly maps to my solar output. I can also get away with no powered cooling for my gear. ie: I need cooling well before my gear does.
      • zahlman 1y ago
        > I need cooling well before my gear does. Well, that does make sense with your username.... (And it's been pointed out to me before that there's a "Zalman" company making computer cooling equipment! What a coincidence.)
• cyberax 1y ago
  The new datacenter spending is not for hosting. It's almost exclusively for AI.