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Google’s $500M effort to wreck Microsoft EU cloud deal failed, report says | Google reportedly didn't want a Microsoft antitrust complaint dropped in the EU


Google reportedly didn't want a Microsoft antitrust complaint dropped in the EU.

According to Bloomberg, Google's offer to the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) required that the group maintain its EU antitrust complaint. Seemingly increasing regulatory pressure on Microsoft while taking a chunk of its business in the EU was supposed to be one of Google's next big moves. "However, the members voted by a significant majority to accept the Microsoft offer, which, in their view, presented the best opportunity for the European cloud sector," Maynard told Ars.

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