Alphabet's Google Cloud began criticizing on Monday Microsoft's cloud computing practices, saying its rival is seeking a monopoly that would hurt the development of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.
"We're concerned that Microsoft wants to improve on their decade-long practice of having a monopoly on on-premise software before and now they're trying to push it into the cloud," Google Cloud Vice President Amit Zavery said in an interview.
"So they're creating this whole walled garden, which is fully controlled and owned by Microsoft, and customers who want to do any of this, they only have to go to Microsoft," he said.
"If the Microsoft cloud doesn't stay open, we're going to have issues and long-term problems, even in next-generation technologies like artificial intelligence, because Microsoft is forcing customers to go to Azure in a lot of ways," Zavery said, referring to the cloud. company's computing platform.
He therefore called on the antitrust regulatory authorities to act immediately.
"I think the regulators need to provide some kind of guidance as well as regulations that hinder the way Microsoft is building the Azure cloud business, to not allow a cloud monopoly," Zavery said.
