I don't think it's a cloud. It's more likely a residential proxy network, which are typically created by installing malware on users' machines.
The operators of these proxy networks want to avoid detection by both the users whose bandwidth they're stealing, and by the companies whose data is being scraped. So they want to make the bandwidth very expensive. And that expensive bandwidth in turn means that their only clients are dodgy as well. Either people looking to scrape data without consent and monetize it, or outright criminals.
The operators of these proxy networks want to avoid detection by both the users whose bandwidth they're stealing, and by the companies whose data is being scraped. So they want to make the bandwidth very expensive. And that expensive bandwidth in turn means that their only clients are dodgy as well. Either people looking to scrape data without consent and monetize it, or outright criminals.