The debate around cloud repatriation gained traction after Barclays' CIO survey highlighted rising cloud costs as a key concern.
Tom Nolle suggests that effective workload planning can prevent the need for repatriation, potentially saving significant costs. He identifies three main drivers of high cloud expenses:
1- Using inappropriate cloud services,
2- Overestimating application load leading to excess scalability, and
3- Developers’ lack of cost-saving insights when designing applications.
I’ve also emphasized this in a recent LinkedIn post, noting the importance of careful planning for compute-intensive AI workloads and the emerging role of a Cloud Cost Controller in 2025.