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I'm guessing that that's the reporter's fault. The quote seems to referring to AWS, which they've probably never heard of, leading them to make a uninformed guess as to its meaning. Just another case of general media reporters covering stories they're not qualified for.

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If you guys mean this quote, thank you for allowing my brain to calm down because for about a minute I thought I was going completely insane in being unable to parse what was being written.

| "Think Amazon," he said, referring to the electronic commerce giant where the inventory is vast but the billing is per item. "That model really works."

That's the one.

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