diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/earthscope.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/earthscope.tfvars
index 005e65f30a..dfe137d1d3 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/earthscope.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/earthscope.tfvars
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ cluster_name = "earthscope"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-east-2a"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 tags = {
   "ManagedBy" : "2i2c",
   # Requested by the community in https://2i2c.freshdesk.com/a/tickets/1460
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/jupyter-meets-the-earth.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/jupyter-meets-the-earth.tfvars
index 1564f499f3..71d7e93a3a 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/jupyter-meets-the-earth.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/jupyter-meets-the-earth.tfvars
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ cluster_name = "jupyter-meets-the-earth"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-west-2a"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 # Remove this variable to tag all our resources with {"ManagedBy": "2i2c"}
 tags = {}
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-esdis.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-esdis.tfvars
index 84aea903a5..d765688a68 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-esdis.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-esdis.tfvars
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ cluster_name = "nasa-esdis"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-west-2a"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 # Remove this variable to tag all our resources with {"ManagedBy": "2i2c"}
 tags = {}
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-ghg.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-ghg.tfvars
index 8103288e49..1490180988 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-ghg.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-ghg.tfvars
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ cluster_name = "nasa-ghg-hub"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-west-2a"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 # Remove this variable to tag all our resources with {"ManagedBy": "2i2c"}
 tags = {}
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-veda.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-veda.tfvars
index 8f06901f17..7c0114b1a6 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-veda.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/nasa-veda.tfvars
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ cluster_name = "nasa-veda"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-west-2a"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 # Remove this variable to tag all our resources with {"ManagedBy": "2i2c"}
 tags = {}
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/openscapes.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/openscapes.tfvars
index c280cb6d7e..91df8998b1 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/openscapes.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/openscapes.tfvars
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ cluster_name = "openscapeshub"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-west-2b"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 # Remove this variable to tag all our resources with {"ManagedBy": "2i2c"}
 tags = {}
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/projectpythia.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/projectpythia.tfvars
index 7671deebc6..972af6925d 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/projectpythia.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/projectpythia.tfvars
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-/*
- Some of the assumptions this template makes about the cluster:
-   - location of the nodes of the kubernetes cluster will be <region>a
-   - no default scratch buckets support
-*/
-
 region = "us-west-2"
 
 cluster_name = "projectpythia"
 
 cluster_nodes_location = "us-west-2a"
 
+default_budget_alert = {
+  "enabled" : false,
+}
+
 # Remove this variable to tag all our resources with {"ManagedBy": "2i2c"}
 tags = {}
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/projects/template.tfvars b/terraform/aws/projects/template.tfvars
index afd0412f0c..787c7d3c8a 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/projects/template.tfvars
+++ b/terraform/aws/projects/template.tfvars
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- Some of the assumptions this template makes about the cluster:
+ Some of the assumptions this jinja2 template makes about the cluster:
    - location of the nodes of the kubernetes cluster will be <region>a
    - no default scratch buckets support
 */