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UK antitrust suit hits Microsoft with claim for $1.25B in cloud fees damages | TechCrunch

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Microsoft in the crosshairs of a U.K. competition class-action style lawsuit that’s seeking 1 billion ( around $1.25 billion at current exchange rates) in damages.

Lawsuit claims Microsoft charged businesses for licensing Windows Server when they were customers of rival cloud computing platforms.

The litigation comes against a background of rising competition complaints and scrutiny on cloud computing in recent years .