Bloomberg: EU Set to Name Azure and AWS DMA Gatekeepers, With AI Procurement Cited as Decisive Factor

Bloomberg reports the European Commission is set to conclude that Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services meet DMA thresholds for gatekeeper status, triggering interoperability and anti-lock-in obligations by late October. The preliminary determination relies on a qualitative finding rather than the law's standard numeric benchmarks, with EC regulators flagging AI tools and AI-cloud partnerships as decisive factors in cloud procurement. Fines reach up to 10% of global revenue, 20% for repeats.