European Union: European Commission announced investigation into Amazon over qualification as a gatekeeper under Digital Markets Act based on cloud computing service Amazon Web Services

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European Commission announced investigation into Amazon over qualification as a gatekeeper under Digital Markets Act based on cloud computing service Amazon Web Services

On 18 November 2025, the European Commission announced an investigation into Amazon regarding its possible qualification as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) based on its cloud computing service Amazon Web Services. Given the strong p…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-11-18
under deliberation

On 18 November 2025, the European Commission announced an investigation into Amazon regarding its p…