Google has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, accusing Microsoft of using unfair licensing contracts to stifle competition in the cloud computing industry. Google’s charges become especially interesting in light of the fact that the internet giant has itself been the subject of two different antitrust cases this year.
Google, which currently ranks third in the global cloud computing market behind Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, cited a 2023 study by CISPE, a trade body for the cloud computing sector. The study found that European businesses and public sector organizations have been compelled to pay Microsoft up to 1 billion euros annually in licensing penalties due to limitations on their ability to switch cloud providers.
In a statement, Microsoft said it expects the European Commission to dismiss Google’s complaint, noting that it had “settled amicably similar concerns raised by European cloud providers, even after Google hoped they would keep litigating.”
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