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.

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