Cloud group asks EU to block Broadcom move
A coalition of cloud providers urged EU antitrust regulators to impose interim measures blocking Broadcom from ending its VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe, escalating scrutiny of the deal. (reuters.com)
CISPE — the Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe — lists nearly 50 member companies and identifies Microsoft and Amazon as associate members in its public materials. (cispe.cloud) The trade group filed an appeal at the European General Court on July 24, 2025 seeking annulment of the European Commission’s approval of Broadcom’s VMware takeover. (cispe.cloud) Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware on November 22, 2023 in a transaction broadly reported at about $69 billion. (investors.broadcom.com) Industry reporting says Broadcom reworked the VMware Cloud Service Provider ecosystem late last year and set a March deadline that sources say has left hundreds of European CSPs affected and drastically reduced partner counts. (theregister.com) EU competition officials have told press they are “actively following developments” and have requested that cloud firms submit evidence of any irreparable harm as part of an assessment that could escalate to a deeper probe. (bloomberg.com) Market coverage noted the CISPE submission as a fresh regulatory escalation and reported only modest share movement in Broadcom’s stock on the news as investors weighed potential interim remedies. (tmastreet.com)
