By Reuters
Publication Date: 2025-12-11 14:05:00
LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Microsoft was on Thursday accused of overcharging thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on cloud computing services provided by Amazon, Google and Alibaba, at a pivotal hearing in a 2.1 billion-pound ($2.81 billion) lawsuit.
Regulators in Britain, Europe and the United States have separately begun examining Microsoft and others’ practices in relation to cloud computing.
Competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi is bringing the case on behalf of nearly 60,000 businesses that use the Windows Server on rival cloud platforms, arguing Microsoft makes it more expensive than on its own cloud computing service Azure.
Stasi is asking London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal to certify the case to proceed, an early step in the proceedings.
Microsoft, however, says Stasi’s case does not set out a proper blueprint for how the tribunal will work out any alleged losses and should be thrown out.
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