EU antitrust approves Google’s $32B purchase of the Wiz cloud cybersecurity superstar!

BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “European regulators determined Tuesday that Google's proposed $32 billion buy of Wiz raises no competition concerns due to Google's relatively weak position in cloud infrastructure.”  The February 10, 2026 article entitled " EU Approves $32B Google-Wiz Purchase After Antitrust Review” (https://tinyurl.com/bdfyk69s) included these comments:

 The European Commission ruled the Silicon Valley-based search and cloud computing giant can proceed with its buy of the New York-based cloud security superstar because of the existence of credible alternative cloud security providers and the absence of commercially sensitive data risks resulting from the deal. The Google-Wiz transaction cleared the U.S. Justice Department's antitrust review in November.

"Google stands behind Amazon and Microsoft in terms of market shares in cloud infrastructure, and our assessment confirmed that customers will continue to have credible alternatives and the ability to switch providers," European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera said in a statement. "The transaction therefore does not raise competition concerns in cloud services or cloud security."

Google grew its IaaS public cloud services business by a quarter in 2023 to $11.45 billion, but that's still only 8.2% of a $140 billion market. Google significantly lags behind Amazon and Microsoft in public cloud - who control 39% and 23% of the market, respectively. A coalition of civil society organizations wanted a more detailed review of the Google-Wiz deal over concerns related to competition in cloud and cybersecurity (see: Groups Warn $32B Google-Wiz Deal Threatens Cloud Competition).

Feedback from customers and rival suppliers indicated that switching would remain available even if Google were to integrate Wiz closely with its own offerings, the European Commission found. It also highlighted the functional separability of Wiz's product, noting that clients could migrate to competing security platforms if Google attempted to degrade Wiz's interoperability or bundle it coercively.

"The European Commission's approval is a significant step toward our goal of joining Google Cloud to redefine the future of artificial intelligence and cloud security," a Wiz spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Information Security Media Group. "We look forward to completing the remaining regulatory reviews and getting to work."

Customers that rely on multi-cloud strategies would quickly defect if Wiz ceased to function effectively across AWS, Azure and other environments, the European Commission found, positioning customer behavior as a natural safeguard against anti-competitive conduct. Google is therefore constrained by market incentives to preserve Wiz's cross-cloud operability, according to the Commission.

Sounds like good news!