Google Cloud user hit with an $82k bill within 5 hours
Patient_Election2179 · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Google Cloud user reports being billed $82,000 within just 5 hours (via r/googlecloud). The post is link-only, but the runaway-billing scenario is a cautionary tale for anyone running cloud workloads, including AI inference or training.
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