The European Commission said on June 25, 2026, that it has reached a preliminary view that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act in the European Union. That does not yet make AWS and Azure fully regulated DMA...
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be treated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers in Europe, EU antitrust regulators said on June 25, 2026, after a seven-month investigation into whether the two cloud platforms function as essential gateways for digital business. The finding is still...
Brussels said on June 25, 2026, that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be treated as gatekeepers under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, a preliminary finding that would pull the world’s two largest cloud platforms into the bloc’s toughest digital competition regime. The...
The European Union is moving toward treating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as Digital Markets Act “gatekeepers” after opening cloud market investigations in Brussels on November 18, 2025, with stakeholder roundtables scheduled for July 1, 2026. The decision is not merely another...
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