Amazon and microsoft cloud services could face stricter eu competition rules after brussels launched probes to assess their market power. The european commission has launched three market investigations on cloud computing services by amazon and microsoft under the digital markets act (dma), which aims to curb the power of big tech. The commission opened three market investigations on cloud computing services under the digital markets act (dma) Two market investigations will assess whether amazon and microsoft should be designated as gatekeepers for their cloud computing services, amazon web services and microsoft azure, under the dma The third market investigation will assess if the dma can effectively tackle practices. A separate investigation is set to assess whether the dma can tackle cloud market behavior that may limit competitiveness and fairness
Henna virkkunen, ec executive vice president for tech sovereignty, security and democracy, said Eu competition watchdogs want to investigate the market power of leading cloud providers The european commission has launched three investigations into amazon and microsoft's cloud services under the digital markets act, aiming to curb big tech's power
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