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Why Cloud Contracts Now Include Data Tax Penalties
Episode 84 of The Cloud Business Podcast with Fexingo: AWS, Azure, GCP, and Enterprise Infrastructure. Lucas and Luna break down the latest clause creeping into enterprise cloud agreements—data tax penalties. When your data crosses cloud regions or providers, you now face explicit per-gigabyte surcharges beyond standard egress fees. The hosts trace the origin to a Fortune 500 retailer whose 2024 multi-cloud migration triggered an unexpected $2.8 million quarterly data tax. They walk through how hyperscalers like AWS and Azure are embedding these penalties in new contracts, why they call it…
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