EU Commission preliminarily designated AWS and Azure as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), despite both not meeting quantitative thresholds. Formal notice issued; opens path to expanded compliance obligations.

EU Commission preliminarily designated AWS and Azure as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), despite both not meeting quantitative thresholds. Formal notice issued; opens path to expanded compliance obligations.

Regulatory expansion of cloud provider oversight in EU; AWS/Azure face stricter interoperability and data-portability rules, raising operational costs and compliance risk for European AI infrastructure.