Archive · 18 Nov 2025
EU Investigates Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure's Cloud Power
The European Union is checking if Amazon's AWS and Microsoft's Azure have too much power in the cloud computing market.
They might be stopping other companies from competing fairly.
This comes after some big problems with cloud services recently.
The EU will look into this for a year and decide how to regulate the cloud industry within 18 months.
EU probes Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure under Digital Markets Act
Investigation focuses on market power and potential anticompetitive behavior
EU to assess if cloud platforms act as gateways between businesses and consumers
Recent outages in cloud services have highlighted risks of relying on few players
Investigation to conclude within 12 months, final decision on cloud sector regulation within 18 months
- Who
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure
- What
- Under investigation by the European Union
- When
- Investigation started on November 18, 2022
- Where
- European Union
- Why
- To assess market power and potential anticompetitive behavior in the cloud sector
EU Commission
Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure
Market Power
EU Commission
EU believes AWS and Azure have strong positions in the cloud market
Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure
AWS and Azure ready to cooperate with EU investigation
- Regulation
- Digital Markets Act (DMA)
- Investigation Duration
- 12 months
- Final Decision on Regulation
- 18 months from investigation start
- Cloud Outages
- Amazon AWS (October 2022), Microsoft Azure (October 2022)
