Data gravity
The tendency for large datasets to attract compute and services, making data expensive and slow to move.
Current numbers
$0.05–0.12/GBcloud egress (2026 first tier $0.087–0.12/GB, tapering to ~$0.05/GB at the deepest volume tiers); ~240 TB LAION-5B ~$15,800 to move at AWS tiered rates; data gravity makes PB-scale datasets economically immovable