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Cloud Computing with Fexingo: AWS, Azure, GCP, and Modern Infrastructure Conversations

Cloud Computing with Fexingo: AWS, Azure, GCP, and Modern Infrastructure Conversations

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Cloud computing is the backbone of modern business, but the landscape is shifting fast. Lucas and Luna cut through the vendor noise to examine the real-world strategies behind AWS, Azure, and GCP — from multi-cloud architectures to edge computing and container orchestration. Each episode takes a single infrastructure decision, like choosing a database service or designing for disaster recovery, and traces its implications for cost, latency, and developer productivity. Lucas brings deep technical fluency and a journalist's skepticism toward marketing claims; Luna tests each argument against case studies from companies like Netflix, Capital One, and Adobe. They don't just compare prices — they explore trade-offs in lock-in, compliance, and operational complexity. Whether dissecting a Kubernetes outage or the economics of serverless, the conversation is always grounded in concrete specs and real bills. This is the podcast for engineering leaders and cloud architects who want to make informed bets, not follow trends. But what happens when the cloud giants change their pricing mid-contract? That's exactly the kind of tension Lucas and Luna live inside — and the conversation that will reshape how you think about infrastructure. #CloudComputing #AWS #Azure #GCP #MultiCloud #Kubernetes #Serverless #EdgeComputing #DevOps #Infrastructure #CloudArchitecture #DigitalTransformation #Technology #CloudStrategy #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechPodcast #CloudInfrastructure Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economics
Episodes
  • How Cloud Bills Are Adding a Storage Access Tier Surcharge

    How Cloud Bills Are Adding a Storage Access Tier Surcharge
    Jun 30 2026
    Episode 83 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo digs into a quietly proliferating charge on enterprise cloud invoices: the storage access tier surcharge. Lucas and Luna explore how AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are rolling out per-request fees for accessing cold and archive storage, with rates that can multiply costs for frequent reads. The episode uses a concrete example: a healthcare company that stored five petabytes of medical imaging in AWS S3 Glacier Deep Archive, expecting to pay $3 per terabyte per month, but found its bill tripling after the introduction of the retrieval request fee for bulk operations. Lucas explains the engineering logic behind the pricing shift—cloud providers want to penalize hot access to cold data—and Luna questions whether the opacity of these tiers undermines the value proposition of cloud storage. They also discuss mitigation strategies like lifecycle policies and third-party caching layers. A single concrete takeaway: before moving data to a cold storage class, model your expected access patterns against the new per-request fees, not just the per-gigabyte storage rate. #CloudStorage #StorageAccessTier #AWSS3 #AzureBlob #GoogleCloudStorage #CloudBilling #ColdStorage #ArchiveStorage #RetrievalFees #InfrastructureCost #CloudEconomics #DataStorage #Technology #CloudComputing #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #CloudEngineering #FinOps Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    12 mins
  • How Cloud Providers Are Building Private Undersea Cables

    How Cloud Providers Are Building Private Undersea Cables
    Jun 30 2026
    Episode 82 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo dives into the race among AWS, Microsoft, and Google to lay their own transoceanic fiber cables. Lucas and Luna break down why hyperscalers are bypassing traditional telecom carriers, how private cables cut latency by up to 30 percent, and what this means for enterprise cloud costs in 2026. Featuring the specific case of Google's Firmina cable and AWS's new Pacific route, this episode explains the economics and geopolitics of undersea infrastructure that most cloud users never see. #UnderseaCables #CloudInfrastructure #AWS #MicrosoftAzure #GoogleCloud #FiberOptic #SubseaCable #Latency #CloudCost #FirminaCable #Bandwidth #TelecomDisruption #Technology #CloudComputing #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DigitalInfrastructure #DataCenters Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
  • Why Cloud Bills Now Include a Data Residency Premium

    Why Cloud Bills Now Include a Data Residency Premium
    Jun 29 2026
    Episode 81 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo examines a new line item appearing on enterprise cloud invoices: the data residency premium. Lucas and Luna break down why AWS, Azure, and GCP began charging extra for storing data in certain geographic regions starting late 2025. They focus on a concrete example: a mid-sized European fintech company that saw its monthly bill jump 18 percent after moving customer data from a US East region to a new sovereign cloud region in Frankfurt. The hosts walk through what triggers the fee — it's not simply the region itself but the underlying compliance infrastructure, including dedicated key management, audited access logs, and local data replication. They also discuss how these charges vary by provider and region, and what it means for multi-cloud strategy. An episode for anyone managing cloud costs or navigating data sovereignty requirements in 2026. #CloudComputing #AWS #Azure #GCP #DataResidency #SovereignCloud #CloudCosts #Compliance #GDPR #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #CloudInfrastructure #Fintech #DataGovernance #CloudMigration #CostOptimization #CloudStrategy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    8 mins
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