Cloud & Infrastructure
EU targets AWS and Azure as cloud gatekeepers under DMA
The European Commission has preliminarily determined that AWS and Microsoft Azure qualify as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, despite not meeting quantitative thresholds. The designation would impose interoperability, data access, and competition requirements on the cloud giants, with potential fines of up to 10% of global revenue for non-compliance. Amazon and Microsoft have pushed back, arguing the move could harm European competitiveness and innovation.