By Yun Chee Foo
Publication Date: 2025-11-28 13:24:00
BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Friday dropped its EU antitrust complaint about rival Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) cloud computing practices, a week after EU regulators launched an investigation to see if Microsoft should be subject to rules aimed at curbing its power in this sector.
Last year, Google took its grievance to the European Commission, alleging that Microsoft’s anti-competitive practices locked customers into Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure.
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Amazon (AMZN.O) leads the cloud computing market with a 30% share, followed by Microsoft at 20% and Google at 13%.
“Today, we are withdrawing it (Microsoft complaint) in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process,” Giorgia Abeltino, head of government affairs and public policy for Google Cloud Europe, said in a blog post.
“We continue to work with policymakers,…
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