[jairuhme]

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]

For one thing, if you switch from cloud to local storage, that avoids the need for the actual bandwidth, which requires energy.

[imoverclocked]

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]

> 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.)