cloud gatekeepers

On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it preliminarily believes Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers for cloud computing services in the European Union. The finding is not final, and both companies can...

On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it preliminarily believes Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as “gatekeepers” under the EU Digital Markets Act for cloud computing services. The decision is not final, but it is a warning shot...

On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it preliminarily believes Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be treated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers in the European Union. That is not a final ruling, but it is a major escalation. Brussels is no longer...

On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it had preliminarily concluded Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, exposing both businesses to stricter EU competition obligations after a...

European Union regulators said on June 25, 2026, that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as cloud “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, opening the door to interoperability, data portability, and anti-self-preferencing obligations across Europe’s dominant cloud...

On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that its preliminary view is that AWS and Azure should be designated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers for cloud computing services in the European Union. The finding is not yet a final order, but it is the clearest signal so...

European Commission officials on June 25, 2026, told Amazon and Microsoft that AWS and Azure should preliminarily be designated as cloud “gatekeepers” under the EU Digital Markets Act, even though neither service appears to meet the DMA’s standard numeric user thresholds. The finding is not a...

On June 25, 2026, the European Commission said Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should preliminarily be treated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers in the European Union, after a cloud-market investigation opened in November 2025. That finding is not yet a final designation, but it is a...

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...