$74,000 Just to Download Your Own Data?!
Show notes
Moving a petabyte out of the public cloud isn't a technical problem — it's a money problem. Uploading is free on every major provider, but downloading that same data back to your own servers triggers egress fees that can run into the tens of thousands of dollars. In this video, I break down exactly what it costs to pull one petabyte from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud back to on-premises systems, comparing the open internet against private circuits like Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, and Cloud Interconnect. I walk through the real math, the hidden fees nobody mentions, the time each path takes, and the trade-offs around security, governance, and bandwidth. If you're planning a cloud migration, a repatriation, or just want to understand why the cloud keeps your data sticky, this is the breakdown you need before you sign anything — or before you hit "download" on a petabyte.