Why not go fully on-prem then? You can run kubernetes locally.
Are managed data stores that attractive? You can pay for on-prem management.
What workloads are in the cloud versus on-prem?
Are managed data stores that attractive? You can pay for on-prem management.
What workloads are in the cloud versus on-prem?
We actually recommend not using custom cloud providers Databases or any other value added services.
Why not completely either way (on prem vs cloud) is something that happened way before I joined the group but I think the main reason is to have a tactical edge in the long run such that we avoid lock in. I guess in some ways it helps us negotiate pricing better.
Imagine moving a certain workload from GCP region to an AWS region as part of a failover drill.