Tag Governance at Scale: How to Build a Cloud...

Tag Governance at Scale: How to Build a Cloud Tagging Strategy That Actually Sticks The $231 Billion Visibility Problem Global cloud spending hit $723 billion in 2025. Organizations wasted 32% of it. That number has barely moved in six years: 30% in 2019, 32% in 2021, 27% in 2025. Despite better tooling, better awareness, and more FinOps practitioners than ever, the waste rate is essentially flat. Year Cloud Waste Rate (Flexera) 2019 30% 2020 30% 2021 32% 2022 28% 2023 28% 2024 27% 2025 27% This