Aside from the fact that the cloud customer probably cannot locate/reach the physical storage assets of the cloud provider, and that wiping an entire storage space would impact other customers, why wo

The statement "All the data storage space in the cloud is already gaussed" is technically nonsensical; "gaussed" is not a standard term for storage state.

Degaussing relies on strong magnetic fields to scramble data on magnetic media like HDDs. Cloud storage often utilizes solid-state drives (SSDs) or object storage, which store data electrically or through other non-magnetic means and are therefore immune to degaussing.

There is no federal law broadly prohibiting degaussing in the cloud; instead, the technical ineffectiveness is the primary issue.

While a wide 'blast radius' is a potential concern, the question specifically asks why degaussing would not be an *effective means of secure sanitization* from a technical standpoint.