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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...

The European Commission has opened three formal market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that put Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure at the center of a regulatory push to test whether hyperscale cloud platforms should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” — and...

The European Commission’s decision to open three formal market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) marks a decisive escalation in Brussels’ attempt to bring hyperscale cloud infrastructure within the EU’s ex‑ante regulatory...

The European Commission has formally opened three market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), testing whether the two hyperscale cloud providers function as “gatekeepers” in the cloud sector and whether the DMA’s toolbox is fit to...

The European Commission has opened a set of market investigations to determine whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure should face additional regulatory scrutiny under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and has launched a parallel review to test whether the DMA’s toolbox is fit for...

The European Commission has opened a high‑stakes set of market investigations that could bring Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure within the EU’s toughest digital rulebook — the Digital Markets Act (DMA) — and, in doing so, reshape how hyperscale cloud platforms operate across Europe...

The European Commission has opened formal investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to determine whether the two dominant cloud providers should face tighter controls under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a move that could reshape cloud competition, enterprise...

The European Commission has formally opened a set of market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), testing whether the world’s two largest cloud platforms should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” and whether the DMA’s toolbox...

The European Commission has opened formal market scrutiny into whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), raising the prospect that the two dominant hyperscalers could face new interoperability...

The European Commission has opened formal market investigations to decide whether Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure should be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), and has launched a parallel, horizontal review of whether the DMA’s toolbox is...

Brussels has opened formal market investigations that put Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure squarely in the regulatory crosshairs, probing whether the two hyperscalers should face tougher, gatekeeper-style rules under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act — a move that could reshape...

The European Commission’s decision to open three formal market investigations — two focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, and a third examining whether the Digital Markets Act (DMA) can meaningfully be applied to cloud computing — marks a decisive escalation in Brussels’...