Months after calling Google a small player in Europe; EU unconditionally approves Google’s $32 billion all-cash deal to buy Wiz; says: Any data acquired by Google …
Google has received unconditional approval for its all-cash deal to buy cloud security service provider Wiz from European Union. Google’s $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity company Wiz is the company’s biggest ever deal in terms of transaction size. The EU approved Google’s bid for Wiz after saying that it raised no competition concerns in Europe. The European Commission in November launched probes to assess the market power of Amazon and Microsoft cloud services, but not into Google. At the time, Brussels said Google played a smaller role in the EU market.The European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, said any data acquired by Google via the deal is not commercially sensitive and can also be assessed by other security software companies. What makes EU’s unconditional approval surprising is that tech deals have in recent years triggered greater regulatory scrutiny because of concerns that these could boost big companies’ market power and shut out smaller rivals.
What EU said on Google spending $32 billion cash on Wiz
“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,” EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said in a statement. “The transaction therefore does not raise competition concerns in cloud services or cloud security in the European Economic Area”, made up of the bloc’s 27 states, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, Ribera added.Announced in March 2025, the Wiz deal would boost Google’s presence in cybersecurity and in the cloud computing sector where it competes with bigger rivals Amazon.com and Microsoft. Started in 2020 by the Israeli-born Assaf Rappaport, Wiz is based in the United States.The decision allows Mountain View, California-based tech giant to avoid a more in-depth EU investigation, which could have delayed the deal for months. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission approved the deal in 2025.
