The European Commission plans to formally designate Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, based on lock-in effects and high switching costs cited in preliminary findings. The designation would extend DMA obligations to cloud infrastructure for the first time, requiring interoperability and anti-self-preferencing measures. For financial institutions, the regulatory shift adds pricing and contract uncertainty for enterprise cloud renewals in 2026-2027.
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