# Rethinking Microservices as an Alternative to Repatriating Servers from the Cloud

DevFeed: [Rethinking Microservices as an Alternative to Repatriating Servers from the Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-you-shouldn-t-repatriate-your-servers-addressing-cloud-overconsumption-15206.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.fermyon.com/blog/dont-repatriate-servers>)

Author: Matt Butcher

Published: 2022-05-18T16:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Fermyon - Experience the next wave of cloud computing.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fermyon-experience-the-next-wave-of-cloud-computing.md>)

Topics: [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datacenter.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenter.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>)

## AI overview

The article questions whether moving workloads from the cloud back to datacenters is the right response to cloud costs. It argues that rethinking microservices may be a more effective approach.

## Source excerpt

A year ago, a16z published an article illuminating the true cost of cloud. We are skeptical of their assertion that repatriating to the datacenter is the correct approach. Instead, rethinking microservices will get us farther.