The Great Repatriation: Why Companies Are Pulling Workloads Back from the Cloud

The pendulum swings

For a decade, the answer to every infrastructure question was "move it to the cloud." Now, a quiet counter-movement is underway as companies scrutinize their bills.

The math

For predictable, steady-state workloads at scale, the economics can favor owned hardware. The cloud's elasticity is invaluable for spiky demand — but many workloads aren't spiky.

Repatriation isn't anti-cloud. It's about putting the right workload in the right place.

A hybrid future