--- title: EU set to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers in November description: The European Commission is reportedly preparing to formally designate Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act in... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-set-to-name-aws-and-azure-dma-gatekeepers-in-november-pt28maewn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EU set to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers in November | daily.dev og:description: The European Commission is reportedly preparing to formally designate Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act in... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/eu-set-to-name-aws-and-azure-dma-gatekeepers-in-november-pt28maewn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pt28maeWn.png og:image:alt: EU set to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers in November og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # EU set to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers in November **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The European Commission is reportedly preparing to formally designate Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act in November, according to Bloomberg sources familiar with the matter. The decision remains in draft form and the Commission has not confirmed a date. If finalized, it would follow the Commission's preliminary view shared in June that AWS and Azure act as key gateways between businesses and customers despite not meeting the DMA's usual size thresholds. Once designated, Amazon and Microsoft would have six months to comply, including restrictions on favoring their own products and requirements to support data portability and interoperability with rival cloud services. Non-compliance risks fines up to 10% of global sales, or 20% for repeat violations. Both companies have pushed back, with AWS arguing existing EU Data Act rules already cover cloud regulation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What happens if AWS and Azure get designated as DMA gatekeepers by the EU? Amazon and Microsoft would have six months to bring AWS and Azure into compliance with Digital Markets Act rules, which prohibit gatekeepers from favoring their own products and require them to support interoperability with rival services and let customers move their data more easily. Non-compliance risks fines up to 10% of global annual sales, or 20% for repeated breaches. _Teams planning multi-cloud or migration strategies can follow DMA cloud rulings as they develop on daily.dev._ ### Why might AWS and Azure be classified as DMA gatekeepers despite not meeting the usual size thresholds? The European Commission's preliminary view, shared in June, found that although AWS and Azure do not meet the Digital Markets Act's standard size and user-count tests, they have large, long-standing customer bases facing high switching costs, and they capture much of the new AI computing demand within their own ecosystems, making them key gateways between businesses and customers. _Developers weighing cloud vendor lock-in risks can track how EU regulation reshapes AWS and Azure on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@capjavert** · 2 upvotes >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The EU is about to declare AWS and Azure gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act](https://daily.dev/posts/the-eu-is-about-to-declare-aws-and-azure-gatekeepers-under-the-digital-markets-act-thac5fp7o) · The Next Web · 5 upvotes · 2 comments - [Brussels moves to put AWS and Azure under its toughest tech rules](https://daily.dev/posts/brussels-moves-to-put-aws-and-azure-under-its-toughest-tech-rules-yg9lt52va) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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