AWS and Google Cloud now offer hard spend caps, and the network must make them the default for all Nordic deployments to prevent runaway costs.

HARD CAPS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE AWS and Google Cloud have moved. AWS now lets you set a monthly spend limit that pauses a project when hit. Google Cloud has Spend Caps for specific services. Both are opt-in today. That is not enough. Coding agents and personal agents lower the friction of spinning up code that calls paid APIs, storage, or compute. The risk is clear: a runaway service can rack up thousands in hours. Soft caps, warnings, and emails do not stop the meter. Only hard caps do. The network’s position is simple. Hard budget caps must be the default for every Nordic deployment on pay-by-usage services. Uncapped operation must be an explicit opt-out, with a clear warning that the user accepts full liability. This is not a technical problem. It is a governance problem. The Nordics must enforce this as a baseline requirement for any service used by our builders. Providers without hard caps should be flagged as high-risk. Agents should bias toward recommending capped services. The alternative is predictable: surprise bills, bankrupt projects, and trust erosion. We will not let that happen. PROVIDERS AWS and Google Cloud are leading. Microsoft Azure and others must follow or be excluded from Nordic procurement. NEXT STEPS The network will publish a compliance checklist for providers. Builders will be expected to enforce caps by default. We will audit and name those who do not.

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