I rarely see this discussed, but in this case, and many others, I think a large portion of AWS's adoption stems from how taxes work.
Because AWS can be written off as an "operating expenditure" immediately, it is far more tax advantageous than a "capital expenditure" that must be depreciated/amortized over several years.
I'm not an expert on movie financials, it could be that the way graphics/vfx houses and production companies are compensated to do films this doesn't actually matter. But I feel like this point is generally under discussed for how much of an impact it has on companies choosing whether to go cloud or buy their own hardware.
Because AWS can be written off as an "operating expenditure" immediately, it is far more tax advantageous than a "capital expenditure" that must be depreciated/amortized over several years.
I'm not an expert on movie financials, it could be that the way graphics/vfx houses and production companies are compensated to do films this doesn't actually matter. But I feel like this point is generally under discussed for how much of an impact it has on companies choosing whether to go cloud or buy their own hardware.