Data Act: in January 2027 leaving the cloud becomes free; moving does not
On 12 January 2027 your cloud provider loses the right to charge you for leaving: Article 29(1) of the EU Data Act forbids it. But the big three already dropped that fee back in 2024, so what changes is not the amount — it is that this stops being a conditional credit programme and starts reaching the small providers too. The exit invoice disappears; the cost of leaving stays exactly where it was. The definition of "functional equivalence" speaks of "a minimum level of functionality", binds infrastructure services only, and covers only the features both source and destination offer alike. What you actually get back, what the trade-secret carve-out hides, why multicloud traffic still gets billed, the exact deadlines you can already enforce (two months, thirty days, seven months) and the exit drill that reveals the number no contract contains.
Microsoft 365
ES 
CAT 
EN