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. If the dma probes on cloud providers amazon aws and microsoft azure determine their services qualify as critical gateways, they will be included in the list of core platform services, where the tech companies are already designated as gatekeepers. The european commission wants to decide if cloud services from amazon, google and microsoft should face new restrictions under the region's digital markets act.
The european commission is preparing to investigate the market power of amazon web services (aws), microsoft azure, and google cloud, perhaps bringing the major cloud providers under the scope of the digital markets act (dma) This move follows recent significant outages in the cloud industry, raising concerns about reliance on a limited number of dominant players
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