In this blog post, the author provides an update on AWS’s IPv4 address usage and estate. Three years ago, the author estimated that AWS owned $2.5 billion worth of IPv4 addresses, and now they have found that AWS currently owns nearly 128 million IPv4 addresses, with an estimated value of $3.2 billion to $4.5 billion. The author also highlights the increase in IPv4 prices over the past few years and how AWS will start charging customers for IPv4 addresses in 2024. The author estimates that this new charge could generate between $500 million and $1 billion in additional revenue for AWS.
https://toonk.io/aws-ipv4-estate-now-worth-4-5-billion/index.html