On prem requires a capital investment and a cast iron workload prediction. If you have a stable business this works. But you may still want to go to cloud if I

On prem requires a capital investment and a cast iron workload prediction. If you have a stable business this works. But you may still want to go to cloud if IT is not your business. An on prem infrastructure requires capital and capital can be used to change your core business, which could bring you sufficient bottom line to make cloud costs irrelevant. If you are trying for growth then a cloud infrastructure enables that.