
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has withdrawn its European Union antitrust complaint against Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform, citing a separate regulatory investigation into the cloud computing sector that addresses its concerns.
Google announced its decision Friday, one week after the European Commission launched a probe examining whether Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services should be subject to the Digital Markets Act, the EU’s sweeping legislation designed to curb the power of dominant tech platforms.
Last year, Google filed the original complaint, alleging Microsoft engaged in anti-competitive practices that locked customers into its Azure platform and made it difficult to switch to rival services. The company accused Microsoft of structuring its cloud offerings in ways that created barriers to competition.
“Today, we are withdrawing it in light of the recent announcement that the EC will assess problematic practices affecting the cloud sector under a separate process,” Giorgia Abeltino, head of government affairs and public policy for Google Cloud Europe, said in a blog post.
The withdrawal comes as the European Commission, which serves as the EU’s competition enforcer, investigates whether specific features of the cloud sector reinforce the market dominance of Azure and AWS. The probes, expected to conclude within a year, could designate both services as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act, subjecting them to rules aimed at opening markets to competitors and expanding consumer choice.
Amazon currently leads the cloud computing market with a 30% share, followed by Microsoft at 20% and Google at 13%.
Abeltino said Google would continue working with regulators across the EU, the UK and other jurisdictions to advocate for greater interoperability and customer choice in the cloud market.

