EU Launches Antitrust Probe into AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud
The European Commission is preparing a formal investigation into Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud under the Digital Markets Act. Regulators aim to assess whether these tech giants' dominance stifles competition, with particular focus on data portability, interoperability, and service bundling practices.
Recent major outages at AWS and Azure have heightened concerns about systemic risks in an overly consolidated cloud market. The probe reflects growing regulatory scrutiny of big tech's infrastructure control, though cloud providers have historically avoided DMA classification due to their enterprise-heavy user base.