Berlin, Nov 18, 2025 (AFP) - Amazon, Microsoft cloud services could face tougher EU rules

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2025-11-18

Amazon and Microsoft cloud services could face stricter EU competition rules as Brussels probes their market power, the bloc's tech chief said Tuesday. Twin investigations aim to assess whether the tech giants "should be designated as the gatekeepers on cloud computing," Henna Virkkunen said at a summit in Berlin focused on the push for greater European digital sovereignty. The European Commission, the bloc's digital regulator, said it will inves......

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