Cloud Providers Challenge EU Approval Of Broadcom–VMware Deal

By CPI
Publication Date: 2025-12-11 19:49:00

European cloud industry group CISPE has accused EU antitrust regulators of mishandling their review of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of VMware, arguing that officials failed to properly assess the deal’s impact on competition in key software markets, according to Reuters.

CISPE, which represents 46 cloud infrastructure providers across Europe and counts Microsoft and Amazon as associate members, filed its challenge in July before the EU’s General Court. In a submission dated December 3 and seen by Reuters, the organisation said the European Commission’s 2023 approval of the takeover suffered from significant legal and analytical shortcomings. “The Commission committed an error in law and manifest error of assessment as regards the impact of the transaction on competition on the market for server virtualisation software,” CISPE stated in its filing.

Per Reuters, the group argued that regulators…

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