A company is planning to move its data center to the cloud. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is evaluating the costs involved with the current on-premises setup versus the costs after migration. Which type of cost would most likely decrease as a result of migrating to the cloud?
Capital expenditure for upgrading the on-premises hardware every few years.
Fixed costs, such as the cost of owning and maintaining data center hardware.
Operational costs relating to software licensing for on-premises databases.
Variable costs, like electricity consumption that scales with usage.