Google Withdraws EU Antitrust Complaint Targeting Microsoft’s Cloud Business | PYMNTS.com

The company did so after the European Commission began investigating whether Microsoft’s cloud business, Azure, must adhere to the Digital Markets Act, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Nov. 28).

Google filed its antitrust complaint in 2024, alleging that Microsoft used unfair software licensing practices, according to the report.

“We filed our antitrust complaint with the European Commission to give voice to our customers and partners about the issue of anticompetitive cloud licensing practices,” said Giorgia Abeltino, head of government affairs and public policy at Google Cloud Europe, per the report.

The European Commission said earlier this month that the DMA may apply to services that don’t meet the usual thresholds for turnover and active users, according to the report.

Those thresholds had been an issue because it is more difficult to secure those…