Three companies control 90% of the cloud market in Europe.
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- Omissions
- The speaker did not specify which three companies control the market. The three largest providers are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
- The claim was made in April 2026, but the most recent available data at that time (2024-2025) shows market concentration significantly lower than 90%.
- European cloud providers have been gaining some market share recently, though the three US giants still dominate.
- Sources
- SecondarySynergy Research Group via SDxCentralAmazon, Microsoft, and Google together accounted for 63% of enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services in Europe.
- SecondaryIT Daily / Synergy Research GroupThe 'big three' Microsoft, Google, and AWS have a stranglehold on the European market. Together, they account for a 70 percent market share.
- SecondaryMordor IntelligenceA concentrated structure defines the Europe cloud computing market, with AWS and Microsoft Azure each approaching 40% share, followed by Google Cloud.