Google Waives Data Migration Fees for Exiting Customers

Move comes amid scrutiny over alleged anti-competitive practices in the cloud sector.

Google has announced it will waive data migration fees for customers leaving its public cloud, Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The waiver is not universal and requires approval from Google's support team. Customers must also terminate their account once the migration is complete.
The migration service applies to data stored in services including BigQuery, Cloud Bigtable, Cloud SQL, Cloud Storage, Datastore, Filestore, Spanner, and Persistent Disk.
Google's decision comes amid scrutiny from competition watchdogs over alleged anti-competitive practices in the cloud sector, with Google lodging complaints against Microsoft.
Google argues that the fundamental issue preventing customers from working with their preferred cloud provider is restrictive and unfair licensing practices by rival cloud players.