Microsoft has alleged that a new group of cloud providers and users is a front for Google – a notion the ads and search giant rejects. Microsoft mad

Microsoft accuses Google of creating a lobbying front called 'Open Cloud Coalition'

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2024-10-29 16:30:04

Microsoft has alleged that a new group of cloud providers and users is a front for Google – a notion the ads and search giant rejects.

Microsoft made the accusation in a Monday post penned by deputy general counsel Rima Alaily, who wrote "This week an astroturf group organized by Google is launching. It is designed to discredit Microsoft with competition authorities, and policymakers and mislead the public."

Alaily further claimed "Google has gone through great lengths to obfuscate its involvement, funding, and control, most notably by recruiting a handful of European cloud providers, to serve as the public face of the new organization."

The Register asked Google about Microsoft's accusation and a spokesperson told us a site for the Open Cloud Coalition had gone live – so we assume that's the group Microsoft is griping about.

The Coalition (OCC) has just ten members at the time of writing: Google Cloud, UK-based cloud operators Centerprise, Civo, Clairo AI, ControlPlane, DTP Group, Prolinx, Pulsant and Room 101, plus Spanish outfit Gigas.

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