diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
index b5db679f6a27..e5ca2d1df28a 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/sem/eval"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/sem/tree"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/cancelchecker"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/envutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log/logcrash"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/metric"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/mon"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/protoutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/span"
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 )
 
-const EnableCloudBillingAccountingEnvVar = "COCKROACH_ENABLE_CLOUD_BILLING_ACCOUNTING"
-
-var EnableCloudBillingAccounting = envutil.EnvOrDefaultBool(EnableCloudBillingAccountingEnvVar, false)
-
 type changeAggregator struct {
 	execinfra.ProcessorBase
 
@@ -1376,7 +1372,7 @@ func (cf *changeFrontier) runUsageMetricReporting(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// If cloud billing accounting is not enabled via an env var, don't do this work.
-	if !EnableCloudBillingAccounting {
+	if !metric.EnableCloudBillingAccounting {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/azure/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/cloud/azure/BUILD.bazel
index faf25fd76fde..e6e7077d6caf 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/azure/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/cloud/azure/BUILD.bazel
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/envutil",
         "//pkg/util/ioctx",
         "//pkg/util/log",
+        "//pkg/util/metric",
         "//pkg/util/timeutil",
         "//pkg/util/tracing",
         "@com_github_azure_azure_sdk_for_go_sdk_azcore//:azcore",
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/azure/azure_storage.go b/pkg/cloud/azure/azure_storage.go
index 55cdb340afaf..544af3e1cadd 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/azure/azure_storage.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/azure/azure_storage.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings/cluster"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/ioctx"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/metric"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/timeutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/tracing"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
@@ -221,7 +222,15 @@ func makeAzureStorage(
 	}
 
 	options := args.ExternalStorageOptions()
-	t, err := cloud.MakeHTTPClient(args.Settings, args.MetricsRecorder, "azure", dest.AzureConfig.Container, options.ClientName)
+	bucket := dest.AzureConfig.Container
+	if metric.EnableCloudBillingAccounting {
+		// Azure is special in that its bucket names are not unique. So for
+		// the moment, Cloud needs to track Account Name, since it is in fact
+		// unique. We may eventually choose bucket names derived from the
+		// account name to ensure uniqueness and bypass this hack.
+		bucket = dest.AzureConfig.AccountName
+	}
+	t, err := cloud.MakeHTTPClient(args.Settings, args.MetricsRecorder, "azure", bucket, options.ClientName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "azure: unable to create transport")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/metric/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/util/metric/BUILD.bazel
index 36e5b0b2ae2f..50ed4a5f0525 100644
--- a/pkg/util/metric/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/util/metric/BUILD.bazel
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_library", "go_test")
 go_library(
     name = "metric",
     srcs = [
+        "cloud.go",
         "doc.go",
         "graphite_exporter.go",
         "hdrhistogram.go",
diff --git a/pkg/util/metric/cloud.go b/pkg/util/metric/cloud.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..873ec0a23aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/metric/cloud.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// Use of this software is governed by the CockroachDB Software License
+// included in the /LICENSE file.
+package metric
+
+import "github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/envutil"
+
+const EnableCloudBillingAccountingEnvVar = "COCKROACH_ENABLE_CLOUD_BILLING_ACCOUNTING"
+
+var EnableCloudBillingAccounting = envutil.EnvOrDefaultBool(EnableCloudBillingAccountingEnvVar, false)