Cloudflare has launched the Bandwidth Alliance, a group of cloud and networking companies committed to providing cost-efficient services for mutual customers. The alliance includes Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, DigitalOcean, Linode, Packet, Backblaze, and Scaleway. These companies will provide reduced or waived data transfer fees for their joint customers. The goal of the Bandwidth Alliance is to make the internet faster, safer, smarter, and more efficient by reducing costs for users.