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Commission opens DMA gatekeeper probes into AWS and Microsoft Azure

The Commission opened three Digital Markets Act probes into whether Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure must be designated cloud gatekeepers. It aims to conclude within twelve months, with a wider cloud rules report due in eighteen.

Verified AI-drafted European Commission press release, 18 November 2025

What it does not test. Does not establish that either company will actually be designated a gatekeeper.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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