Choosing what CDN nodes we deploy our site to

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Hi,
My client wants to only deploy site to certain CDN nodes to cut down on carbon footprint.
Is this possible hosting our NextJS app on Netlify.

Appreciated any feedback on this.

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No. Your app would be deployed to all CDN nodes on Netlify. It’s not possible to restrict it only to some specific nodes.

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Thanks for confirming that. I’m in the UK.
Does this mean the files are served to all locations, say China. Even if the files are not requested from a user in that location (China).
Thanks in advance.

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No. Files will be stored in the US by default. If someone makes a requst from China, they’d be served and stored in that CDN node until it gets removed from cache due to various factors.

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Sorry to be a pain but I need explain this to the PMs.
What is meant when you say v’various factors’
Thanks

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It’s difficult to summarise but here are some important factors:

  • Number of times the file is being requested
  • The cache-control headers
  • Load on that CDN node
  • Traffic receicved by other users on the same CDN node
  • If you re-deploy, the cache would be purged, so it would again be deleted from the node
  • The size of the file
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