That&#x27;s not necessarily the case. Corporations also love pre-tax operating expenses much more than depreciating capital expenditure. A lot of &quot;cloud business&quot; is moved by this simple accounting reality, rather than any technical benefit: renting AWS time might cost more than buying a server, but because the server is depreciating cap-ex, for your CFO it&#x27;s actually the cheaper option.<p>Miracles of finance, eh.