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FinOps Europe Playbook: Cut Cloud Spend 25–60%

A practical FinOps operating model for UK and EU teams — rightsizing, commitments, unit economics, and GDPR-aware cost governance.

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Yassine El Horma
Lead SRE
10 pages.blog.minRead read
Jul 2026, 2025
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FinOps Europe Playbook: Cut Cloud Spend 25–60% Architecture Visual

Why European FinOps is different

Multi-currency reporting, VAT, and data residency constraints change how savings are approved. Finance and engineering need a shared language of unit cost.

30-day optimization sprint

Week 1: inventory & waste. Week 2: rightsizing. Week 3: commitments. Week 4: governance dashboards. Typical realized savings 25–60%.

FinOps Europe Playbook: Cut Cloud Spend 25–60% Technical Diagram
Figure 2: 30-day optimization sprint Infrastructure Architecture Diagram

Where CloudLink fits

We run FinOps as a practice on retainers — not a one-off PDF. Start at /finops-europe or /audit.

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