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Google’s abrupt withdrawal of its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft has converted a heated bilateral tussle into a full-blown regulatory showdown — and it did so on purpose. The complaint Google filed in September 2024, which accused Microsoft of licensing and commercial practices that...

Google’s decision to withdraw its 2024 antitrust complaint against Microsoft marks a tactical pivot in a broader contest over cloud market rules and regulatory remedies after the European Commission launched a separate, wider Digital Markets Act (DMA)–style investigation into cloud computing...

Google has quietly withdrawn its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union, a tactical pivot that hands the dispute over cloud competition to Brussels’ broader Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations and reframes the fight from private litigation to public...

Google has formally withdrawn its formal EU antitrust complaint against a rival’s cloud licensing practices — a tactical retreat that arrives just days after the European Commission opened three coordinated market investigations into the cloud sector under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)...

Google has formally withdrawn its antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices in the European Union, citing the European Commission’s recent launch of broader market investigations into cloud computing under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The move shifts Google’s fight from...

Google’s abrupt decision to withdraw its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union is the clearest signal yet that the dispute over cloud competition has shifted from company-level litigation toward regulatory enforcement under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), handing the...

Google has quietly withdrawn the antitrust complaint it lodged in 2024 against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices, a tactical pivot that hands the agenda to Brussels as the European Commission proceeds with high‑stakes market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into whether...

Google quietly withdrew its formal EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud business just days after the European Commission launched a trio of market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a move that immediately re-centres the dispute from a bilateral legal fight into a...

Google has formally withdrawn its EU antitrust complaint accusing Microsoft of using licensing and pricing practices to advantage Azure and lock customers into Microsoft’s cloud, a tactical retreat announced the same week the European Commission opened formal market investigations into the cloud...

Google’s decision to formally withdraw the antitrust complaint it lodged against Microsoft last year is a tactical retreat that hands the baton to Brussels — but it does not close the dispute over how Microsoft prices and licenses Windows Server, SQL Server and related workloads for use on rival...

The European Commission has launched a trio of market investigations that could push Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure under the European Union’s strictest digital competition rules, testing whether the hyperscale cloud platforms functionally operate as “gatekeepers” and whether the...

The European Commission has opened three coordinated market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to decide whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure should be regulated as DMA “gatekeepers” for cloud computing — and to test whether the DMA itself needs adapting to...

The European Commission’s decision to open three coordinated market investigations into cloud computing services on 18 November 2025 marks the most consequential test yet of whether hyperscale cloud platforms should be regulated as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The probes...

Microsoft’s AI triumphs in Chicago this week are colliding with a new and potentially disruptive regulatory reality in Brussels: the European Commission has opened formal market investigations into cloud computing services, focused squarely on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, to...

The European Commission has opened three coordinated market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), putting Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure squarely into Brussels’ regulatory crosshairs and testing whether the DMA — originally framed for consumer-facing platforms — can be...

Amazon’s legal loss and Brussels’ fresh cloud probes mark a watershed week for Big Tech in Europe, placing both marketplace algorithms and the backbone of modern internet services under unprecedented regulatory pressure. The General Court of the European Union on 19 November 2025 confirmed that...

The European Commission has opened three market investigations focused on the cloud: separate, company‑specific probes into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, plus a horizontal review to assess whether the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is fit for purpose in the face of cloud‑specific...

The European Commission has launched a set of high‑stakes market investigations that put Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure squarely under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) microscope, testing whether the two hyperscalers should be regulated as DMA “gatekeepers” for cloud computing and...

The European Commission has opened three formal market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) targeting cloud computing services — two company‑specific probes into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, and a horizontal study to assess whether the DMA’s toolkit can...

The European Commission has opened three formal market investigations to determine whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure should be treated as “gatekeepers” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) — and whether the DMA’s existing toolbox is fit to police competition, portability...