Why CIOs Are Moving Their Workloads Back On-Prem
InformationWeek, Thursday, August 27th, 2026
CIOs are repatriating workloads from public cloud for cost, security, and performance reasons.
John Edwards reports that CIOs and IT leaders are repatriating certain workloads from public cloud to on-premises or private infrastructure, not because cloud failed but to optimize performance and control.
Citing Flexera's 2025 State of the Cloud Report, 21% of 759 respondents repatriated workloads and data over cost, security, and reliability concerns.
The article argues CIOs increasingly treat cloud as an operating model rather than a default destination, moving toward a three-tier approach: cloud for elasticity, on-premises for consistency, and edge for immediacy.