Microsoft clinches deal to settle CISPE antitrust complaint

Microsoft has clinched a multi-million-euro deal to settle CISPE’s antitrust complaint about its cloud computing licensing practices, the U.S. tech giant said on Wednesday, averting an EU antitrust investigation that could have led to a hefty fine.

CISPE, whose members include Amazon and a score of small EU cloud providers, filed a complaint with the European Commission in late 2022 alleging that Microsoft’s new contractual terms imposed on Oct. 1 were harming Europe’s cloud computing ecosystem.