The CMA’s cloud decision is all fudge: Hyperscalers will swat it away like a fly

"Do you smell stern, real, action looming through this nebulous word cloud? We don’t."

Updated Jul 31, 2025 2:00 PM / Published Jul 31, 2025 1:54 PM 5 min read

The CMA’s cloud decision is all fudge: Hyperscalers will swat it away like a fly

Toothless and pointless: That sums up a final report by the UK’s competition watchdog into cloud concentration risk – which sets out no interim remedies, no timeline for action and opens the door for the whole laborious exercise to be kicked into the long-grass to die a quiet death.

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Edward Targett

Ed is a co-founder of The Stack. He previously edited Computer Business Review. He has also covered energy markets. He started his journalism career on local papers. He left school at 15 and has made a living asking "but why?" ever since.