How Google may have spent hundreds of millions on groups ‘targeting’ Microsoft in Europe

Google Cloud Platform offered hundreds of millions of euros in financial incentives to a European trade association to maintain its legal battle against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices, according to The Register.
The Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE), a trade body representing European cloud providers, was presented with a lucrative package by Amit Zavery, former Google Cloud Platform VP. The offer included €4 million in a “Members Innovation Fund”, an additional €10 million in membership resources, and a staggering €100 million in Google Distributed Cloud software credits spread over five years.