Cloud spending continues to grow, but managing costs effectively remains a challenge for many organizations. In this video, Datadog Senior Product Manager Kayla Taylor dives into our recent State of Cloud Costs report—which analyzed AWS cloud cost data from hundreds of organizations—to understand the key factors driving cloud expenses. We explore the impact of adopting emerging compute technologies like Arm-based processors, GPUs, and AI capabilities, how usage patterns and previous-generation technologies affect cloud costs, and the role of AWS discount programs in cost management. Finally, we give a short demo of Cloud Cost Management and show how you can start effectively managing your cloud spend today with Datadog.

State of Cloud Costs 0:00
Key facts from the report 0:48
Bonus fact 3:08
Report summary 3:58
Cloud Cost Management demo 4:09

State of Cloud Costs report: https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-cloud-costs/
Cloud Cost Management: https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/
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