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Report: an EU investigation is set to find that Azure and AWS meet DMA thresholds, as the EU strengthens its regulatory scrutiny of the cloud sector
- Current status
- Reported
- Companies
- Microsoft, Amazon (mentioned)
- Happened
- Oct 2, 6:45 AM PT
- Last updated
- Oct 2, 6:48 AM PT (revision 1)
- Evidence
- 1 report · 1 independent chain (adjudicated)
What happened
Bloomberg (via Techmeme) reported: "an EU investigation is set to find that Azure and AWS meet DMA thresholds, as the EU strengthens its regulatory scrutiny of the cloud sector".
Why it matters
Government or legal action can constrain how Microsoft operates and sets precedent for the rest of the AI industry.
Uncertainty
Reported by Bloomberg; not independently confirmed.
Evidence and provenance
- First reportchain: bloombergSources: an EU investigation is set to find that Azure and AWS meet DMA thresholds, as the EU strengthens its regulatory scrutiny of the cloud sector (Bloomberg)Techmeme · published Oct 2, 6:45 AM PT · techmeme.com · rev 1Original report (Bloomberg): bloomberg.com