# How the EU Data Act Is Making Multi-Cloud Affordable

DevFeed: [How the EU Data Act Is Making Multi-Cloud Affordable](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-the-eu-data-act-is-making-multi-cloud-affordable-23730.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cockroachlabs.com/blog/affordable-multi-cloud>)

Author: Ankur Raina

Published: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cockroach-labs.md>)

Topics: [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Amazon Web Services](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aws.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [datacenter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datacenter.md>), [eu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eu.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [multi-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-cloud.md>), [outages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outages.md>), [services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/services.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that relying on a single cloud provider creates outage risks and that spreading data across clouds can improve resilience. It discusses cost and complexity barriers, including data egress fees, and says the EU Data Act may make switching providers easier.

## Source excerpt

Every major cloud hyperscaler is having global impact outages. The 2024 Microsoft incident happened due to a bug in Crowdstrike. Google Cloud failed this summer because of a small configuration issue. AWS's most popular region US-East-1 was impacted in October 2025 due to a small change in one of their services. In each case, thousands of organizations worldwide saw their applications crash.