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European Commission issued preliminary ruling designating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act despite neither meeting quantitative thresholds.
Major regulatory decision expanding compliance obligations and constraining AWS/Azure service flexibility and pricing strategy across EU cloud infrastructure.
Trade pressSlicast · June 26, 2026 · Global · Source: Data Center Dynamics
importance 88European Commission issued preliminary ruling designating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act despite neither meeting quantitative thresholds.
Major regulatory decision expanding compliance obligations and constraining AWS/Azure service flexibility and pricing strategy across EU cloud infrastructure.