https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Compression feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/cloudflare-cache-transcoding/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Compression <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/09/cloudflare-cache-transcoding/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1788763139924.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare recently described a prototype called Cache Transcoding that compresses eligible cache content, mainly uncompressed text such as HTML, JSON, CSS, and JavaScript, using Zstandard before storing it on disk. The hyperscaler estimates that the approach could provide petabytes of additional effective cache capacity, although broader testing is still needed.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i> Caching Cloudflare Edge Computing CDN Cloud Compression Architecture & Design Development news Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:35:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/09/cloudflare-cache-transcoding/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Compression Renato Losio 2026-09-13T10:35:00Z /news/2026/09/cloudflare-cache-transcoding/en