Group 1 - The European Union has initiated a market position investigation into Amazon's AWS and Microsoft's Azure to determine if they should be subject to regulations aimed at limiting the market power of tech giants [1] - The EU Commission stated that these companies hold a "very strong market position" and will assess whether they constitute an important gateway between businesses and consumers under the Digital Markets Act [1] - The Digital Markets Act, which came into effect in 2023, aims to curb the market dominance of leading tech platforms through a clear "positive list" and "negative list" [1] Group 2 - Major cloud service providers are currently exempt from the Digital Markets Act mainly because their business is conducted through enterprise-level contracts, making it difficult to accurately quantify end-user numbers [2] - The investigation will evaluate whether major cloud service operators should still bear additional obligations, such as improving interoperability with competing software and enhancing user data portability [2] - Recent significant service disruptions in the cloud industry have highlighted the risks of over-reliance on a few service providers, with Amazon experiencing a 15-hour outage affecting hundreds of businesses [2] Group 3 - Microsoft has stated that it is prepared to cooperate with the EU Commission's investigation, while Amazon believes that regulators will recognize the cloud computing market's ample choice and innovation [3]
欧盟盯上两大云巨头！亚马逊(AMZN.US)AWS、微软(MSFT.US)Azure面临市场地位调查