The Great Cloud Repatriation: Why Businesses Are Moving Away from AWS and Back to Private Data Centers

For years, businesses flocked to the cloud, enticed by promises of cost savings, scalability, and simplified infrastructure management. Providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud sold organizations on the idea that moving workloads to the cloud would reduce capital expenditures, improve operational efficiency, and eliminate the need for expensive on-premises hardware.

But today, many companies are realizing that the cloud isn’t delivering the financial benefits they expected. Instead, spiraling costs, unpredictable pricing, and loss of control over their computing infrastructure have