Google has filed a complaint with the European Commission (EC), alleging that Microsoft uses anti-competitive licensing practices to strongarm companies into staying on its Azure cloud infrastructure.
Microsoft is making moves to have enough energy to power massive data centers for its AI endeavors.
Google announced Wednesday it had filed a complaint at the European Commission against Microsoft, accusing its rival of "anticompetitive" licensing practices to force customers to use its cloud service.
Google has lodged a formal antitrust complaint with the European Commission, accusing Microsoft of stifling competition in the cloud computing market through unfair licensing practices.
Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure.
The search giant argues that Microsoft is abusing its market power in enterprise software to push customers to use its cloud-computing service.
Google said in an antitrust complaint filed Wednesday that Microsoft uses unfair licensing contracts in its Azure cloud computing business to stifle competition. In its complaint, Google — which ranks third globally in the cloud computing market behind market leaders Amazon Web Services and Azure — said Microsoft makes it harder for customers to move their workloads to competitors' clouds.
LinkedIn has thrust its 930 million users into an unexpected role: unwitting AI trainers, igniting a firestorm over data privacy and consumer trust. The professional networking giant's recent User Agreement and Privacy Policy update, which will take effect on Nov. 20, has caused concern in the business community.
Tech giant Microsoft will invest $1.3 billion over the next three years to build up its infrastructure in Mexico for cloud computing and artificial intelligence, the company announced on Tuesday.
Microsoft believes we are still very early in the artificial intelligence revolution.
Microsoft-owned developer platform GitHub on Tuesday said it is giving enterprise users the ability to store their sensitive software code in only European Union data centers. GitHub's data residency push ties into a broader political and regulatory theme within the EU around so-called digital "sovereignty.
Microsoft (MSFT) concluded the recent trading session at $433.51, signifying a -0.4% move from its prior day's close.