EU plans to bring Amazon and Microsoft cloud services under stricter Digital Markets Act oversight
Executive summary: The EU Commission announced plans to bring Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act, subjecting the two major cloud providers to stricter regulatory oversight. The move could reshape competition in the cloud market, impose new compliance costs on the firms, and affect pricing and service terms for enterprise customers across Europe. European Commission, Amazon, Microsoft, cloud customers, competitors, and EU regulators. The Commission will publish detailed DMA guidelines for cloud services; Amazon and Microsoft may submit compliance plans or lodge objections; EU legislators will debate the scope and timeline, with possible legal challenges before EU courts.
The EU Commission intends to announce that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure will be subject to the Digital Markets Act, subjecting the two cloud giants to stricter oversight and potential obligations to ensure fair competition. This move reflects growing scrutiny of large tech platforms’ market power in cloud infrastructure and could impose new compliance costs, data‑portability requirements, and limits on self‑preferencing. If enacted, the regulation would reshape the competitive landscape for enterprise cloud customers in Europe and signal a broader EU strategy to curb dominance of US tech giants in key digital sectors.
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