"The European Commission wants to investigate whether Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud fall under the Digital Markets Act. After large-scale cloud outages, concerns are growing about the dominance of three major players in the cloud market. This is according to Bloomberg, based on sources. The investigation follows several major outages in the cloud sector. Last month, an Amazon services outage affected hundreds of companies."
"The European Commission is preparing an investigation into the market power of the three major cloud providers. Until now, they have escaped scrutiny because a large part of their revenue comes from enterprise contracts, which makes it difficult to count individual users-an important metric for the DMA. Regulators want to assess whether the three cloud players should be required to provide greater interoperability with rival software and better data portability for customers. Restrictions on bundling services may also be imposed."
The European Commission is preparing an investigation into whether Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud fall under the Digital Markets Act, prompted by large cloud outages and concerns about market dominance. Several major outages have disrupted hundreds of companies, affecting Apple, McDonald's, Epic Games, Alaska Airlines, the Scottish Parliament, Spotify and Discord. Regulators will assess market power and whether the providers should be required to increase interoperability, improve data portability, and face restrictions on service bundling. The DMA entered into force in 2023 to curb dominant tech platforms, and penalties have already been applied to Apple and Meta. The Commission and the cloud providers have not responded.
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