Google has escalated its rivalry in the cloud market with Microsoft and has filed a formal complaint to the European Commission to denounce what it considers "anticompetitive practices" by Microsoft to prevent their customers from using any cloud other than Azure.
Google Cloud's Vice President, Amit Zavery, stated to the press that the Seattle-based company charges its customers 400% more if they want to use their Windows servers on a new rival, as reported by Reuters. Zavery also pointed out that these applications on rival clouds receive fewer and delayed security updates.
In July, Microsoft agreed to pay 20 million euros to settle a dispute with CISPE, the European cloud providers' association, over these practices, although Google itself, Amazon Web Services, and AliCloud, its three main rivals, distanced themselves from the agreement.
"Having failed to persuade European companies, we hope Google will face the same with the European Commission," responded Microsoft, which is also accused by its rival of imposing the use of Teams.
"If nothing changes, the cloud market will become more and more restrictive. The European Commission must act so that users can choose the options that suit them best," pointed out Zavery, a Google executive.