Amazon’s Computing Unit AWS is interacting with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data center business in the country, as part of the attempt of the tech veteran to promote its cloud offer in Europe, four people Are familiar with this matter.
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London-Bitten’s Antitrest Watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern over competition in the Multi-Billion-Pound Cloud Computing Market and made Microsoft and Amazon sing as key players.
An independent competition and the Markets Authority Inquiry Group providedly recommended that the regulator consider checking the Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Unit under the law of new digital markets.
In a statement, the CMA stated that it was estimated that the Cloud Services Market was priced at £ 9 billion ($ 11.18 billion) in 2023-a figure that is growing more than 30% year-on-year. CMA noted Currently, businesses face a limited choice of providers for cloud services.
The regulator called AWS and Microsoft “two large provider of cloud services, each to share up to 40% spending up to 40% on cloud services.”
In particular, it was added, Google was the third largest provider “with a very small portion.”
‘No warrant’
Reema Alli, a corporate vice-president in Microsoft and Deputy General Consultant of the Competition Law Group, said that on the email, it has been said that the Draft Report of the CMA Inquiry Group “should be focused on paving the way for the UK’s AI-AI-AAP AI, which, which should be focused on. That inheritance has not been launched on the last century. “
“Cloud computing market has never been so dynamic and competitive, investment, new entry and rapid innovation attracts billions. What can be better for UK businesses and government?” Alaly added.
An AWS spokesperson said the recommended intervention of the CMA “has not been warrant,” saying that “the evidence shows that the IT service industry is highly competitive.”
AWS spokesperson said, “Cloud computing has reduced costs for UK businesses with on-demand services and pay-e-gau pricing, expanded product choice and competition and innovation.”
The Amazon Division urged the CMA to “carefully consider how regulatory intervention in other areas would prevent innovation and eventually harm customers in the UK”.
Cloud market in focus
Earlier, CMA said it was concerned with many elements of the cloud market, which could cause competition issues, including one cloud to another cloud, licensing fees, volume discounts and so -called so -called on transfer of data on interoperability issues “. “Fees were included. It is difficult to switch to the seller.
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Cloud Infrastructure Services is a market dominated by US technology giant Amazon and Microsoft. Amazon is the biggest player who offers cloud services through his Amazon web services (AWS) arm. Microsoft is the second largest to sell cloud products under its Microsoft Azure unit.
