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Microsoft introduces new sovereignty tools across public and private cloud
Builds on launch of sovereign private cloud in 2025
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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UK Treasury designates big four US hyperscalers as "Critical Third Parties"
Will bring Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Oracle under direct regulatory oversight
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AWS and Microsoft designated 'gatekeepers' under Europe's Digital Markets Act
European Commission's preliminary decision comes despite duo "not meeting the DMA's quantitative thresholds"
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Microsoft proposes ratepayer-protection tariff in Nevada
Part of its Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, announced earlier in the year
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Microsoft shareholders file lawsuit over AI and cloud spending and business disclosures
Claims Microsoft misled investors about the financial impact of AI investment
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Microsoft wraps up investigation into Israeli military's use of its cloud platform
Posits some steps to improve effectiveness of its human rights governance
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UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal rules $2.8bn lawsuit against Microsoft can go to trial
Case originally filed in 2024
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UK's competition watchdog launches SMS investigation into Microsoft, AWS avoids further scrutiny
Latest update shared on the Cloud Services Market Investigation
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Microsoft considers legal action against OpenAI and Amazon over $50bn contract - report
Should it breach Microsoft's exclusivity agreement with OpenAI
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Microsoft swears off NDAs for data center projects
Expands on its "Community-First AI Infrastructure Plan"
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US Federal Trade Commission ramps up cloud competition investigation into Microsoft
Issues "civil investigative demands" to competitors
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Elon Musk pushed for OpenAI to work with Microsoft
Court documents show Musk helped facilitate the partnership he now condemns
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Brazil launches antitrust probe into Microsoft
Another day, another investigation
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£2.1bn lawsuit against Microsoft over cloud licensing heads to court in UK
Dr. Maria Luisa Stasi's case against Microsoft heads to the Competition Appeal Tribunal
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EU watchdogs to investigate US cloud providers under Digital Markets Act
Follows major outage in October that impacted global services
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Microsoft expands Azure Local offering, adds Nvidia servers for sovereign AI
While AWS details its European Sovereign Cloud offering
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CISPE observation board gives Microsoft the green light; builds pressure on critique of Broadcom
Third ECCO report has praised Microsoft's efforts to improve licensing practices
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Lawyer calls for UK businesses to join £2bn lawsuit against Microsoft over cloud overcharging claims
Article 19's Dr Mari Stasi is seeking companies that may be due compensation
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OpenAI partners with SAP and Microsoft in Germany
SAP to expand GPU fleet on its Azure-powered Delos Cloud
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Google axes some data transfer costs in preparation for EU Data Act
Microsoft and Amazon also make some concessions
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Microsoft joins World Nuclear Association
Joins the likes of Constellation, Oklo, and EDF
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"Competition is not working well," says UK CMA concluding cloud market investigation
AWS and Microsoft to undergo further "strategic market status" investigations
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Microsoft and CISPE agree to new commercial terms after failure of Azure Local
Microsoft will offer pricing conditions instead of a technological solution
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European cloud providers still not satisfied with Microsoft's licensing reform efforts
Second report rates Microsoft as amber, again
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AWS claims half of Microsoft's customers would jump ship if licensing costs were lower
The UK's CMA investigation response hearings are in
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US senators demand information from Microsoft and Google about AI deals
Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden question the company's ties with OpenAI and Anthropic, respectively
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Microsoft unlikely to meet CISPE deadline for multicloud offering - report
Company has just weeks to produce a product that meets CISPE's requirements