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Dominance of Amazon and Microsoft in cloud harming competition, UK says
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 31, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
The UK's CMA highlights Amazon and Microsoft's cloud market dominance, considering strategic market status to address competition issues.
LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon and Microsoft's dominant position in cloud computing has an adverse effect on competition, exacerbated by technical and commercial barriers to switching, an inquiry group from Britain's antitrust regulator said.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry group said on Thursday the regulator should investigate whether to consider designating the two companies with strategic market status (SMS) in cloud services, which would give it power to impose tailored conditions.
It noted, however, that the CMA has said it will not consider launching future SMS investigations until early next year.
Google is the third main cloud services provider, but it has a much smaller share than its rivals.
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; editing by Sarah Young)
The inquiry group stated that the dominant position of Amazon and Microsoft in cloud computing adversely affects competition, worsened by barriers to switching.
The CMA has indicated that it will not consider launching future strategic market status investigations until early next year.
Google is the third main cloud services provider but holds a significantly smaller market share compared to Amazon and Microsoft.
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