{"podcast":{"title":"Cloud Computing with Fexingo: AWS, Azure, GCP, and Modern Infrastructure Conversations","slug":"cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918","podcast_index_feed_id":7871918,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":105,"summary":"Cloud computing is the backbone of modern business, but the landscape is shifting fast. Lucas and Luna cut through the vendor noise to examine the real-world strategies behind AWS, Azure, and GCP — from multi-cloud architectures to edge computing and container orchestration. Each episode takes a single infrastructure decision, like choosing a database service or designing for disaster recovery, and traces its implications for cost, latency, and developer productivity. Lucas brings deep technical fluency and a journalist's skepticism toward marketing claims; Luna tests each argument against case studies from companies like Netflix, Capital One, and Adobe. They don't just compare prices — they explore trade-offs in lock-in, compliance, and operational complexity. Whether dissecting a Kubernetes outage or the economics of serverless, the conversation is always grounded in concrete specs and real bills. This is the podcast for engineering leaders and cloud architects who want to make informed bets, not follow trends. But what happens when the cloud giants change their pricing mid-contract? That's exactly the kind of tension Lucas and Luna live inside — and the conversation that will r…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T08:17:01.746696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918"},"episode":{"title":"How Cloud Bills Are Adding a Carbon-Aware Compute Surcharge","slug":"how-cloud-bills-are-adding-a-carbon-aware-compute-surcharge","published_at":"2026-07-08T20:37:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918/how-cloud-bills-are-adding-a-carbon-aware-compute-surcharge","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing/episode-0099.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing/episode-0099.mp3","summary":"Episode 99 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo digs into the newest line item showing up on enterprise cloud invoices: a carbon-aware compute surcharge. Lucas and Luna explain how AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are pricing virtual machine hours based on real-time grid carbon intensity in the data center's region. Lucas breaks down the mechanics — how providers track marginal emissions and apply a multiplier to usage during high-carbon intervals — and shares a concrete example: a company running batch jobs on AWS in Virginia saw a 12 percent cost increase after the surcharge kicked in during summer peak hours. Luna questions whether this is a genuine environmental incentive or just a new margin lever. They explore which workloads are most exposed (Gromacs simulations, video transcoding, backup jobs), how companies are shifting to flexible execution windows, and whether carbon-aware pricing will eventually fold into standard compute rates. The episode closes with a forward look at how this might reshape cloud workload scheduling as regulators pressure providers on Scope 3 emissions reporting. #CloudComputing #CloudBilling #CarbonAwareComputing #AWS #Azure #GoogleCloud #Sustainability #CarbonPricing #GreenIT #DataCenter #Computing #Technology #BusinessPodcast #FexingoBusiness #Podcast #Episode99 #CloudInfrastructure #CarbonFootprint Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 99 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo digs into the newest line item showing up on enterprise cloud invoices: a carbon-aware compute surcharge. Lucas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":564,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918/episodes/how-cloud-bills-are-adding-a-carbon-aware-compute-surcharge/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918/how-cloud-bills-are-adding-a-carbon-aware-compute-surcharge.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}